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" I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. "
Francis Ford Coppola
Solo
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" As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work. "
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" I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me. "
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" When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television. "
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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 had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a guard. When I got polio and then went back to school, they made me a guard. A teacher took away my guard button. "
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" All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are a number of people that cross-pollinated each other. "
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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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" The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed. "
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" Movie-wise, there is nothing I wouldn't do again. It's not possible to make one perfect movie every time. "
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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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" 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. "
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