Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
My company and people think I'm wacky when I have an idea... I know if I have an idea, no one will… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
In America, even the critics - which is a pity - tend to genre-ize things. They have a hard time when genres… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I remember in The Conversation, they brought all these coats to me, and they said: Do you want him to look like… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
The whole reason one wants to do lower budget films is because the lower the budget, the bigger the ideas, the bigger… — 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
