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title: "52 Film Quotes By Francis Ford Coppola"
description: "Francis Ford Coppola quotes on film, editing, and artistic independence."
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> [My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/my-film-is-not-a-movie-it-s-not-about-vietnam-it-is-vietnam/)

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> [The essence of cinema is editing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/the-essence-of-cinema-is-editing/)

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> [Movies are the art form most like man's imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/movies-are-the-art-form-most-like-man-s-imagination/)

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> [So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/so-much-of-the-art-of-film-is-to-do-less-to-aspire-to-do-less/)

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> [The very earliest people who made film were magicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/the-very-earliest-people-who-made-film-were-magicians/)

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> [Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/lots-of-people-have-criticized-my-movies-but-nobody-has-ever/)

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> [Movie-wise, there is nothing I wouldn't do again. It's not possible to make one perfect movie every time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/movie-wise-there-is-nothing-i-wouldn-t-do-again-it-s-not-possible-to/)

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> [I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-think-a-sequel-is-a-waste-of-money-and-time-i-think-movies-should/)

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> [I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-realized-i-probably-wouldn-t-make-another-film-that-cuts-through/)

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> [Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/films-and-hotels-have-many-aspects-that-are-the-same-for-example/)

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> [I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-always-found-the-film-world-unpleasant-it-s-all-about-the-schedule/)

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> [If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/if-the-movie-works-nobody-notices-the-mistakes-if-the-movie-doesn-t/)

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> [Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/sequels-are-not-done-for-the-audience-or-cinema-or-the-filmmakers-it/)

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> [To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/to-make-great-movies-there-is-an-element-of-risk-you-have-to-say-well/)

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> [Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/anyone-who-s-made-film-and-knows-about-the-cinema-has-a-lifelong-love/)

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> [Music is a big factor in helping the illusion of the film come to life. The same way music brings back different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/music-is-a-big-factor-in-helping-the-illusion-of-the-film-come-to/)

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> [I don't go on set with an army of people because the most expensive elements of a movie production are the plane…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-don-t-go-on-set-with-an-army-of-people-because-the-most-expensive/)

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> [Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/frank-capra-was-a-prop-man-i-think-john-ford-was-a-prop-man-it-was-a/)

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> [I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-gladly-i-voluntarily-gave-up-the-kind-of-commercial-film-career-i/)

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> [When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/when-i-was-going-for-my-graduate-degree-i-decided-i-was-going-to-make/)

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> [My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/my-big-goal-in-life-was-always-to-figure-out-how-i-can-make-a-lot-of/)

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> [I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-wanted-to-be-a-film-student-again-as-a-man-in-my-60s-to-go/)

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> [I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should play with all your cards, and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-believe-that-filmmaking-as-probably-is-everything-is-a-game-you/)

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> [Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/without-a-doubt-i-was-born-to-want-to-make-cinema-but-the-kind-of/)

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> [When you make a film it is like asking yourself a question. When it is finished, you know the answer. Ultimately with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/when-you-make-a-film-it-is-like-asking-yourself-a-question-when-it-is/)

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> [I just finished a film a few days ago, and I came home and said I learned so much today. So if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-just-finished-a-film-a-few-days-ago-and-i-came-home-and-said-i/)

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> [A lot of the young people make beautiful films or big films or are able to finance them, but they can't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/a-lot-of-the-young-people-make-beautiful-films-or-big-films-or-are/)

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> [The great hope is that people who wouldn't normally make films will be making them. Suddenly, one day some little fat girl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/the-great-hope-is-that-people-who-wouldn-t-normally-make-films-will/)

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> [My film isn't about Vietnam. It is Vietnam. It's what it was really like. It was crazy. And the way we made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/my-film-isn-t-about-vietnam-it-is-vietnam-it-s-what-it-was-really/)

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> [I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-think-cinema-movies-and-magic-have-always-been-closely-associated/)

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> [In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/in-a-sense-i-think-a-movie-is-really-a-little-like-a-question-and/)

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> [Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/most-filmmakers-can-t-afford-to-try-something-out-that-doesn-t-work/)

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> ['The Godfather' changed my life, for better or worse. It definitely made me have an older man's film career when I was 29.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/the-godfather-changed-my-life-for-better-or-worse-it-definitely-made/)

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> [The time a movie is made is unique, not only from the talent that is available but if the public was ready…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/the-time-a-movie-is-made-is-unique-not-only-from-the-talent-that-is/)

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> [Everything I do is personal. I have never made a movie that didn't have very strong personal resonance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/everything-i-do-is-personal-i-have-never-made-a-movie-that-didn-t/)

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> [People feel the worst film I made was 'Jack.' But to this day, when I get checks from old movies I've made,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/people-feel-the-worst-film-i-made-was-jack-but-to-this-day-when-i-get/)

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> [When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/when-that-happens-when-risk-is-taken-and-the-filmmakers-dive-into-the/)

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> [I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-know-that-if-a-film-is-ready-to-emerge-out-of-what-i-write-i-ll-be/)

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> [I always knew what I thought the theme was, the core, in one word. In 'The Godfather' it was succession. In 'The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-always-knew-what-i-thought-the-theme-was-the-core-in-one-word-in/)

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> [When newspapers started to publish the box office scores of movies, I was horrified. Those results are totally fake because they never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/when-newspapers-started-to-publish-the-box-office-scores-of-movies-i/)

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## More by Francis Ford Coppola

> [I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-wrote-the-script-of-patton-i-had-this-very-bizarre-opening-where-he/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/the-only-tv-i-would-be-interested-in-exploring-would-be-live/)

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> [I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-have-more-of-a-vivid-imagination-than-i-have-talent-i-cook-up-ideas/)

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> [I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-associate-my-motion-picture-career-more-with-being-unhappy-and/)

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> [Collaboration is like the sex of creativity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/collaboration-is-like-the-sex-of-creativity/)

[Francis Ford Coppola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/frank-capra-was-a-prop-man-i-think-john-ford-was-a-prop-man-it-was-a/)

[Francis Ford Coppola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-ford-coppola/)

> [Death is what makes life an event.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/death-is-what-makes-life-an-event/)

[Francis Ford Coppola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-ford-coppola/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-have-much-to-learn-from-my-daughter-sofia-her-minimalism-exposes-my/)

[Francis Ford Coppola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-ford-coppola/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/it-s-ironic-that-at-age-32-at-probably-the-greatest-moment-of-my/)

[Francis Ford Coppola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-ford-coppola/)

> [Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not like commercial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/without-a-doubt-i-was-born-to-want-to-make-cinema-but-the-kind-of/)

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> [I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn’t have a lot of friends. Theater really represented that kind of camaraderie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/i-had-been-a-kid-that-moved-so-much-i-didn-t-have-a-lot-of-friends/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/wine-is-so-much-more-than-a-beverage-it-s-a-romance-a-story-a-drama/)

[Francis Ford Coppola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-ford-coppola/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/when-i-do-a-novel-i-don-t-really-use-the-script-i-use-the-book-when-i/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/listen-if-there-s-one-sure-fire-rule-that-i-have-learned-in-this/)

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> [There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/there-can-t-be-art-without-risk-it-s-like-saying-no-sex-and-then/)

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