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Francis Ford Coppola - A man climbs a mountain and they call him a hero. I climb mountains that aren't even there. — Madeline Moore

I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic. — Francis Ford Coppola

If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business. — Francis Ford Coppola

A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself. — Francis Ford Coppola

I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school. — Francis Ford Coppola

I was raised as a Catholic, but I didn't like the Catholic Church at all. I thought the nuns were mean. — Francis Ford Coppola

There's nothing creative about living within your means. — Francis Ford Coppola

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos. — Francis Ford Coppola

A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually. — Francis Ford Coppola

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess. — Francis Ford Coppola

Most directors have one masterpiece by which they are known. Kurosawa has at least eight or nine. — Francis Ford Coppola

The things you get fired for when you're young are the same things that you get lifetime achievement awards for when you're old. — Francis Ford Coppola

Art depends on luck and talent. — Francis Ford Coppola

Work on nothing less than epic scale — Francis Ford Coppola

'The Godfather' changed my life, for better or worse. It definitely made me have an older man's film career when I was 29. — Francis Ford Coppola

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. — Francis Ford Coppola

Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker. — Francis Ford Coppola

I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. — Francis Ford Coppola

I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories. — Francis Ford Coppola

I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant. — Francis Ford Coppola

I made this movie for $40,000, which was this little black-and-white horror film called Dementia 13, which we made in about nine days. — Francis Ford Coppola

The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed. — Francis Ford Coppola

I was interested in the idea of succession - showing a father and a son both in their own time and drawing a contrast — Francis Ford Coppola

The time a movie is made is unique, not only from the talent that is available but if the public was ready for it. — Francis Ford Coppola

Time is the lens through which dreams are captured. — Francis Ford Coppola

Death is what makes life an event. — Francis Ford Coppola

I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films. — Francis Ford Coppola

Ten Days That Shook The World, by Eisenstein, I went to see it, and I was so impressed with this film, so impressed with what cinema could do. — Francis Ford Coppola

Wine is so much more than a beverage. It's a romance, a story, a drama-all of those things that are basically putting on a show. — Francis Ford Coppola

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be. — Francis Ford Coppola

In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer. — Francis Ford Coppola

Music is a big factor in helping the illusion of the film come to life. The same way music brings back different periods of our lives. — Francis Ford Coppola

We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane. — Francis Ford Coppola

I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn't have a lot of friends. Theater really represented camaraderie. — Francis Ford Coppola

The essence of cinema is editing. — Francis Ford Coppola

Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business. — Francis Ford Coppola

Movies are the art form most like man's imagination. — Francis Ford Coppola

I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while. — Francis Ford Coppola

If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes ... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes. — Francis Ford Coppola

If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor. — Francis Ford Coppola

Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby. — Francis Ford Coppola

I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me. — Francis Ford Coppola

Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued. — Francis Ford Coppola

I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book. — Francis Ford Coppola

To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.' — Francis Ford Coppola

George Lucas doesn't have the most physical stamina. He was so unhappy making Star Wars that he just vowed he'd never do it again. — Francis Ford Coppola

You don't have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form. — Francis Ford Coppola

I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. — Francis Ford Coppola

I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it. — Francis Ford Coppola

'Godfather' was very classical - the way it was shot, the style - the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean. — Francis Ford Coppola

Movie-wise, there is nothing I wouldn't do again. It's not possible to make one perfect movie every time. — Francis Ford Coppola

There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children. — Francis Ford Coppola

Collaboration is like the sex of creativity. — Francis Ford Coppola

We teach our boys to firebomb villages, but we won't let them write fuck on the side of their planes because it's obscene. — Francis Ford Coppola

So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less. — Francis Ford Coppola

Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most. — Francis Ford Coppola

The most adventurous thing I've done is learn how to fly a helicopter in the Philippines. One night we landed on a beach and slept on it. — Francis Ford Coppola

We do things for good reasons that are bad. — Francis Ford Coppola

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing. — Francis Ford Coppola

I like simplicity; I don't need luxury. — Francis Ford Coppola

I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it without asking anyone's permission. — Francis Ford Coppola

Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up. — Francis Ford Coppola

I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories. — Francis Ford Coppola

As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work. — Francis Ford Coppola

Everything I do is personal. I have never made a movie that didn't have very strong personal resonance. — Francis Ford Coppola

I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.' — Francis Ford Coppola

When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle. — Francis Ford Coppola

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film. — Francis Ford Coppola

Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea. — Francis Ford Coppola

But who said art has to cost money? And therefore, who says artists have to make money? — Francis Ford Coppola

Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that I don't know anything about human nature. — Francis Ford Coppola

I probably have genius. But no talent. — Francis Ford Coppola

You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it. — Francis Ford Coppola

My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam. — Francis Ford Coppola

One of the most important tools that a filmmaker has are his/her notes. — Francis Ford Coppola

I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school. — Francis Ford Coppola

I always think upon Lee Strasberg with warmth, and reviewing his wisdom is a pleasure. — Francis Ford Coppola

I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement. — Francis Ford Coppola

Drinking wine is just a part of life, like eating food. — Francis Ford Coppola

It takes no imagination to live within your means. — Francis Ford Coppola

We support each other in the Coppola family. We love the idea of everyone getting his place in the sun. — Francis Ford Coppola

I'm very proud of my flops, as much as of my successes. — Francis Ford Coppola

My talent is that I just try and try and try and try again and little by little it comes to something ... — Francis Ford Coppola

I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets. — Francis Ford Coppola

I was always the black sheep of the family and always told that I was dumb, and I had a low IQ and did badly in school. — Francis Ford Coppola

My existence was never a Francis Ford Coppola existence. — Victoria Gotti

I just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It's astonishing. I always wished that I could do that. — Francis Ford Coppola

The photographer and the director are where reality and fantasy meet. — Francis Ford Coppola

It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important. — Francis Ford Coppola

I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college. — Francis Ford Coppola

I'd love to work with Francis Ford Coppola. I met Coppola on an airplane. — Paul Reubens

Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work. — Francis Ford Coppola

I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can. — Francis Ford Coppola

There's a story that during the filming of Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola had a sign on his trailer: Fast, Cheap, Good: Pick Two. — Maria Semple

I never went to a psychologist or psychiatrist in my life. Never. You know, Italians are a little prejudiced against that kind of thing. — Francis Ford Coppola

I learned from Francis Ford Coppola to treat the company like your family. — Mary Stuart Masterson

Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand. — Francis Ford Coppola

By working in the morning, I find a sense of peace; it's isolated peace, but I can definitely be in touch with my feelings, and then I just start. — Francis Ford Coppola

Today's winemakers still worry about quality. — Francis Ford Coppola