Driving Quote 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…

— 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…

— Francis Ford Coppola

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

— Francis Ford Coppola

I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant.

— Francis Ford Coppola

Collaboration is like the sex of creativity.

— 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…

— Francis Ford Coppola

Death is what makes life an event.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.

— 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…

— Francis Ford Coppola