American - Director | April 7, 1939 -
I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
Francis Ford Coppola
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I probably have genius. But no talent.
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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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My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.
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When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everything I wrote, I thought, was weak. And I can remember falling asleep in tears because I had no talent the way I wanted to have.
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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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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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Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.
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Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.
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We do things for good reasons that are bad.
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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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Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.
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