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" Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker. "

Francis Ford Coppola

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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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" 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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" 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 have much to learn from my daughter Sofia. Her minimalism exposes my limitations: I'm too instinctive and operatic, I put too much heart into my work, I get lost sometimes in bizarre things - it's my Italian heritage. "

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" 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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" My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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 like to work in the morning. I like to sometimes go to a place where I'm all alone where I'm not going to get a phone call early that hurts my feelings, because once my feelings are hurt, I'm dead in the water. "

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" The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college. "

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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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" 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 like simplicity; I don't need luxury. "

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" It takes no imagination to live within your means. "

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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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" I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me. "

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" You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it. "

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" Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued. "

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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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" 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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" 'The Godfather' changed my life, for better or worse. It definitely made me have an older man's film career when I was 29. "

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" Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film. "

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" I don't go on set with an army of people because the most expensive elements of a movie production are the plane tickets, the hotel rooms, food and gasoline. If you're willing to discover new colleagues in the place that you are, you can save a ton of money. "

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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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" We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane. "

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" I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement. "

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" The whole reason one wants to do lower budget films is because the lower the budget, the bigger the ideas, the bigger the themes, the more interesting the art. "

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" I bring to my life a certain amount of mess. "

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