Francis Ford Coppola quotes

I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school. (Francis Ford Coppola)
A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually. View quote
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I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. View quote
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Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos. View quote
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Art depends on luck and talent. View quote
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I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school. View quote
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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. View quote
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I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies. View quote
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I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me. View quote
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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. View quote
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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 even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again. (Francis Ford Coppola)
I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing. View quote
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We had access to too much equipment, too much money, and little by little we went insane. View quote
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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. View quote
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I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets. View quote
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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. View quote
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I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories. View quote
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Ten Days That Shook The World, by Eisenstein, I went to see it, and I was so impressed with this film, so impressed with what cinema could do. (Francis Ford Coppola)
I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. View quote
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They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family. View quote
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My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam. View quote
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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. View quote
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