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" I live near San Francisco in the most beautiful spot on earth and enjoy myself in many ways. Yes, I love to work, which for now is to think and read and write, so it's all a dream come true. "
Francis Ford Coppola
Love
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Myself
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" I probably have genius. But no talent. "
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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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" I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school. "
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" I used to love going into local hardware stores, to look at little things they made locally. Nowadays it's harder, though you can still do it in Vietnam. "
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" 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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" '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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" 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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" Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos. "
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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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" 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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" 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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Succeed
Better
" Being a former theater student, of course, there is a part of me that is fascinated with stage crafts and what you can do with illusions and working within the confines of the studio. "
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Within
Student
" I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. "
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Father
Family
" To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.' "
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" I had to get a job, and of course, the job was 'The Godfather.' That made me be something I didn't know I was going to be. I became a big-shot director. "
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Me
Going
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" I was raised as a Catholic, but I didn't like the Catholic Church at all. I thought the nuns were mean. "
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Like
Mean
Thought
" 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
Start
Morning
Peace
" 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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You
Age
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" The time a movie is made is unique, not only from the talent that is available but if the public was ready for it. "
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Time
Made
" 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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Time
Test
Growing Up
" 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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Time
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" If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business. "
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Restaurant
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" We do things for good reasons that are bad. "
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Bad
Reasons
Good
" I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me. "
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Never
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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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Want
Will
" I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets. "
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Gadgets
Shop
" 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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Really
Want
Remembered
" You're in a profession in which absolutely everybody is telling you their opinion, which is different. That's one of the reasons George Lucas never directed again. "
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You
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