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39 Francis Ford Coppola Quotes & Sayings
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39 Francis Ford Coppola Quotes & Sayings
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Born: 7 April 1939. |
Film director
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Film producer
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Screenwriter
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Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.
Francis Ford Coppola
Made
Film
Cinemas
Love-affair
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Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.
Francis Ford Coppola
Build
Large
Scale
Intense
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Everything I do is personal. I have never made a movie that didn't have very strong personal resonance.
Francis Ford Coppola
Everything
Personal
Made
Movie
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Art depends on luck and talent.
Francis Ford Coppola
Art
Depend
Luck
Talent
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You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.
Francis Ford Coppola
Really
Have
Courageous
Instincts
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Francis Ford Coppola
Critics
Stimulating
Realize
Better
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I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it without asking anyone's permission.
Francis Ford Coppola
Film
Ready
Able
Make
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To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'
Francis Ford Coppola
Make
Great
Element
Well
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If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor.
Francis Ford Coppola
Remembered
Really
Like
Children
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It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. But I like the idea of growing old, and the thought of approaching death is not particularly daunting to me.
Francis Ford Coppola
Disappointing
Legs
Strong
Idea
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My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go off and make films irrespective of the opinion of the three or four critics who seem to rule the roost.
Francis Ford Coppola
Goal
Life
Figure
Money
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Francis Ford Coppola
More
Vivid
Imagination
Talent
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I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.
Francis Ford Coppola
Never
Sloppy
People
Money
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We do things for good reasons that are bad.
Francis Ford Coppola
Things
Good
Reasons
Bad
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Francis Ford Coppola
Filmmakers
Afford
Work
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I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.
Francis Ford Coppola
Dependent
Business
Living
Movies
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Francis Ford Coppola
Takes
Imagination
Means
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I used to love going into local hardware stores, to look at little things they made locally. Nowadays it's harder, though you can still do it in Vietnam.
Francis Ford Coppola
Used
You
Love
Local
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As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.
Francis Ford Coppola
Make
Money
Business
Subsidize
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I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.
Francis Ford Coppola
Wanted
Write
Direct
Movies
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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.
Francis Ford Coppola
Listen
Rule
Learned
Business
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A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually.
Francis Ford Coppola
Number
Images
Certain
Beyond
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I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.
Francis Ford Coppola
Successful
Young
Enthusiastic
Worked
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I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.
Francis Ford Coppola
Artist
Value
What
Doing
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Francis Ford Coppola
I
Had
Teachers
Hated
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I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn't have a lot of friends. Theater really represented camaraderie.
Francis Ford Coppola
Been
Kid
Moved
Friends
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I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement.
Francis Ford Coppola
Teachers
Really
Singled
Discouragement
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I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.
Francis Ford Coppola
Kind
Kid
Talent
Ability
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The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college.
Francis Ford Coppola
World
Professional
Unpleasant
Wishing
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The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work.
Francis Ford Coppola
Stuff
Trouble
Casting
Godfather
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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
Ought
Love
Want
Especially
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Francis Ford Coppola
Films
Hotel
Example
Big-vision
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I had to get a job, and of course, the job was 'The Godfather.' That made me be something I didn't know I was going to be. I became a big-shot director.
Francis Ford Coppola
Job
Course
Godfather
Made
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Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.
Francis Ford Coppola
Usually
Stuff
Best
Idea
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If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business.
Francis Ford Coppola
Person
Say
Yes
Hotel
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I like to work in the morning. I like to sometimes go to a place where I'm all alone where I'm not going to get a phone call early that hurts my feelings, because once my feelings are hurt, I'm dead in the water.
Francis Ford Coppola
Work
Morning
Place
Alone
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My company and people think I'm wacky when I have an idea... I know if I have an idea, no one will want to go through it. But if I persist, people will go through it.
Francis Ford Coppola
People
Idea
Have
One
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Francis Ford Coppola
Black sheep
Family
Dumb
Low IQ
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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 been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life!
Francis Ford Coppola
Ambitious
Think
Fall
Under-ambitious
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Francis Ford Coppola Quotes & Sayings