Thinking Quotes by Francis Ford Coppola

9 Thinking quotes by Francis Ford Coppola

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Francis Ford Coppola’s nine comments on thinking provide a snapshot of the filmmaker’s mental habits. In this compact set you’ll see how he frames creativity, risk, and narrative, giving a useful glimpse into the mind behind iconic cinema.

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I always think upon Lee Strasberg with warmth, and reviewing his wisdom is a pleasure.

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I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.

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I still think Ned Beatty should've played Don Corleone.

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I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have…

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I live near San Francisco in the most beautiful spot on earth and enjoy myself in many ways. Yes, I love to…

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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…

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I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should play with all your cards, and all…

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I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it.…

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Everyone knows the phenomenon of trying to hold your breath underwater - how at first it's alright and you can handle it,…

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I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives…

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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…

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I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.

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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.

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Collaboration is like the sex of creativity.

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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 and son…

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Death is what makes life an event.

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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…

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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…

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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 like commercial…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children.

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