So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
The photographer and the director are where reality and fantasy meet. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.' — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Ten Days That Shook The World, by Eisenstein, I went to see it, and I was so impressed with this film, so… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The whole reason one wants to do lower budget films is because the lower the budget, the bigger the ideas, the bigger… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I had to get a job, and of course, the job was 'The Godfather.' That made me be something I didn't know… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I've been blessed with enough wealth that I can make a film myself up to a certain budget. So one way I… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
The great hope is that people who wouldn't normally make films will be making them. Suddenly, one day some little fat girl… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I just finished a film a few days ago, and I came home and said I learned so much today. So if… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
A lot of the young people make beautiful films or big films or are able to finance them, but they can't get… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
When you make a film it is like asking yourself a question. When it is finished, you know the answer. Ultimately with… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should play with all your cards, and all… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
People feel the worst film I made was 'Jack.' But to this day, when I get checks from old movies I've made,… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film,… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Music is a big factor in helping the illusion of the film come to life. The same way music brings back different… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share
The only TV I would be interested in exploring would be live television. There's no substitute for a team of artists performing at their… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share
I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share
I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share
Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share
I have much to learn from my daughter Sofia. Her minimalism exposes my limitations: I'm too instinctive and operatic, I put too much heart… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share
It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share
Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not like commercial… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share
I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn’t have a lot of friends. Theater really represented that kind of camaraderie. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share
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… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share
When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share
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 Copy Share
There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share
