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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
Love
Cinema
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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. "
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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 into my work, I get lost sometimes in bizarre things - it's my Italian heritage. "
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" I never went to a psychologist or psychiatrist in my life. Never. You know, Italians are a little prejudiced against that kind of thing. "
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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. "
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" I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book. "
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" Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos. "
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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 this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten. "
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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. "
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" 'Godfather' was very classical - the way it was shot, the style - the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean. "
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" Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work. "
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" My family were symphonic musicians and in the opera. Also, it was my era, the love of radio. We used to listen to the radio at night, close our eyes and see movies far more beautiful than you can photograph. "
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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. But you look at the project and think, 'Gee, there are a lot of good directors who could do that.' I'd like to do something only I can do. "
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" I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you can cook up, with non-existent budgets. I didn't want to be surrounded by comforts and colleagues, which you have when when you're a big time director. I wanted to write personal works. "
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" George Lucas doesn't have the most physical stamina. He was so unhappy making Star Wars that he just vowed he'd never do it again. "
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" I probably have genius. But no talent. "
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" I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school. "
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School
Kind
Kid
" Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not like commercial movies, which I enjoy myself, but I wanted to be the kind of filmmaker who wrote original work, sort of like a novelist would who deals with who we are and our times or our relationships. "
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" When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you get it something with those qualities that make it age well with the public. "
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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. "
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" We do things for good reasons that are bad. "
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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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" 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. "
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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 peak live when failure is possible. It's a high-wire act. That excites me. "
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" I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college. "
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" I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me. "
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" I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be. "
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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. "
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