'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 Copy Share Image
I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old… — 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
“The secret of life is to say yes all the time, because when you're old, you don't want to say, 'I wish… — 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
One thing that I'm sure of is the real pleasure of life - it's not being known, it's not having your own… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
That's part of the requirement for me to be an artist is that you're trying to share your personal existence with others… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I never went to a psychologist or psychiatrist in my life. Never. You know, Italians are a little prejudiced against that kind… — 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
