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> [Steven Spielberg is unique. I feel that the kinds of movies he loves are the same kinds of movies that the big mass audience loves. He's very fortunate because he can do the things he naturally likes the best, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-ford-coppola/steven-spielberg-is-unique-i-feel-that-the-kinds-of-movies-he-loves/)

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

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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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

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