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

Francis Ford Coppola

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" I never went to a psychologist or psychiatrist in my life. Never. You know, Italians are a little prejudiced against that kind of thing. "

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" I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college. "

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" I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.' "

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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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" When newspapers started to publish the box office scores of movies, I was horrified. Those results are totally fake because they never include the promotion budget. "

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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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" 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. "

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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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" I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be. "

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" Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not like commercial movies, which I enjoy myself, but I wanted to be the kind of filmmaker who wrote original work, sort of like a novelist would who deals with who we are and our times or our relationships. "

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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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" I was always the black sheep of the family and always told that I was dumb, and I had a low IQ and did badly in school. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "

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" I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school. "

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" My family were symphonic musicians and in the opera. Also, it was my era, the love of radio. We used to listen to the radio at night, close our eyes and see movies far more beautiful than you can photograph. "

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

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" I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should play with all your cards, and all your dice, and whatever else you've got. So, each time I make a movie, I give it everything I have. I think everyone should, and I think everyone should do everything they do that way. "

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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 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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" Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos. "

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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 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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" 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 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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