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
Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father… — 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
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
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
When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often… — 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 always knew what I thought the theme was, the core, in one word. In 'The Godfather' it was succession. In 'The… — 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
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
When newspapers started to publish the box office scores of movies, I was horrified. Those results are totally fake because they never… — 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
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
