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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. "
Francis Ford Coppola
Brother
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" I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while. "
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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. "
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" Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful. "
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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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" I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories. "
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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. "
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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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" 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 liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets. "
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Gadgets
Shop
" It takes no imagination to live within your means. "
Francis Ford Coppola
Within
Imagination
Live
" The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy. "
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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. "
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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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Much
Been
" 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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Opinion
Three
Money
" 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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You
Bed
Bottle
" 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
Really
Want
Remembered
" 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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Think
Want
Will
" I've been blessed with enough wealth that I can make a film myself up to a certain budget. So one way I thought I would reinvent myself was just to make these very small, personal films that I've financed myself. "
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Wealth
Thought
Small
" 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
Experience
" Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos. "
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You
Anything
Build
" I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing. "
Francis Ford Coppola
Doubt
Art
Artist
" 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! "
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Think
Succeed
Better
" Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker. "
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Real
People
Nobody
" When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of Darkness. Novels usually have so much rich material. "
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Book
Darkness
Heart
" 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. "
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Opportunity
You
People
" I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book. "
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Them
Book
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" I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films. "
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Money
My Own
Career
" 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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Without
Film
" 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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Me
Live
Television
" 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. "
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Good
Flag
Good Work