We support each other in the Coppola family. We love the idea of everyone getting his place in the sun. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I used to love going into local hardware stores, to look at little things they made locally. Nowadays it's harder, though you… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I live near San Francisco in the most beautiful spot on earth and enjoy myself in many ways. Yes, I love to… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
You don't have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for… — 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
My family were symphonic musicians and in the opera. Also, it was my era, the love of radio. We used to listen… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the… — 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
A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
