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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. "

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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" It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. But I like the idea of growing old, and the thought of approaching death is not particularly daunting to me. "

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" That's part of the requirement for me to be an artist is that you're trying to share your personal existence with others and trying to illuminate modern life, trying to understand life. "

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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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" 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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" I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. "

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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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" 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 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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" 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 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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" 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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" Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up. "

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

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" I probably have genius. But no talent. "

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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 was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school. "

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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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" We support each other in the Coppola family. We love the idea of everyone getting his place in the sun. "

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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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" I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor. "

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

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" I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can. "

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" I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories. "

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

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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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" We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food. "

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