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" By working in the morning, I find a sense of peace; it's isolated peace, but I can definitely be in touch with my feelings, and then I just start. "

Francis Ford Coppola

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" That's part of the requirement for me to be an artist is that you're trying to share your personal existence with others and trying to illuminate modern life, trying to understand life. "

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" 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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" Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea. "

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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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" I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories. "

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

Francis Ford Coppola

" I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets. "

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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. "

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" We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food. "

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" Steven Spielberg is unique. I feel that the kinds of movies he loves are the same kinds of movies that the big mass audience loves. He's very fortunate because he can do the things he naturally likes the best, and he's been very successful. "

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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

" 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. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" We do things for good reasons that are bad. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" 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

" Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" 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

" 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

" 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. "

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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. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" Movie-wise, there is nothing I wouldn't do again. It's not possible to make one perfect movie every time. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" We support each other in the Coppola family. We love the idea of everyone getting his place in the sun. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" 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. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" I was always the black sheep of the family and always told that I was dumb, and I had a low IQ and did badly in school. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" I probably have genius. But no talent. "

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 thing, and you kind of worked your way up. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" 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 just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It's astonishing. I always wished that I could do that. "

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