I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It's astonishing. I always wished that I could… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
My company and people think I'm wacky when I have an idea... I know if I have an idea, no one will… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are… — 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 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
If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Of all the human evils, of which we have thousands of years of record and our own contemporary experiences, the most horrible… — 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
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
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
I don't go on set with an army of people because the most expensive elements of a movie production are the plane… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
When a movie is about to come out on its initial debut, there are a lot of people involved - the financiers,… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated.… — 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
