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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. "
Francis Ford Coppola
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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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" 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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" People feel the worst film I made was 'Jack.' But to this day, when I get checks from old movies I've made, 'Jack' is one of the biggest ones. No one knows that. If people hate the movie, they hate the movie. I just wanted to work with Robin Williams. "
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" When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle. "
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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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" It takes no imagination to live within your means. "
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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 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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" You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost. "
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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 don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing. "
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Artist
" 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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You
People
" I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic. "
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" Everything I do is personal. I have never made a movie that didn't have very strong personal resonance. "
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Everything
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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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Never
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" We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane. "
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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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Long
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" When a movie is about to come out on its initial debut, there are a lot of people involved - the financiers, the studio and the producers and also, many times, the foreign distributors. So it is a time of tremendous pressure and uncertainty. "
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" 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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" I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue. "
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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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" 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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" In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer. "
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" My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" '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 think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories. "
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