Francis Ford Coppola Quotes

Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 110 quotes by Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (/ˈkoʊpələ/; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. In 1970, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as co-writer, with Edmund H. North, of Patton (1970). His directorial prominence was cemented with the release in 1972 of The Godfather, a film which revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, earning praise from... Read full biography of Francis Ford Coppola → 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ctrl → I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. 0 You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been... → 0 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... → 0 Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film. 0 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. 0 George Lucas doesn't have the most physical stamina. He was so unhappy making Star Wars that he just vowed he'd never do it again. 0 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... → 0 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... → 0 The most adventurous thing I've done is learn how to fly a helicopter in the Philippines. One night we landed on a beach and slept on it. 0 If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business. 0 I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. 0 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... → 0 When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my... → 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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