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Francis Ford Coppola Quotes

American - Director | April 7, 1939 -

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.

Francis Ford Coppola

American Speech Done Flag Opening

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

Francis Ford Coppola

Passion Chaos You Build Anything

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.

Francis Ford Coppola

Life Me Trying You Artist Personal

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.

Francis Ford Coppola

Patriotism Loved You Country Become

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

Francis Ford Coppola

Thought Because Interested Playwright

I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets.

Francis Ford Coppola

Work Down Build Things Gadgets Shop

I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue.

Francis Ford Coppola

Science Job Me Saying Speak Care

I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini.

Francis Ford Coppola

Family Father Strong Solo Concert

A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually.

Francis Ford Coppola

Together Way Beyond Become Something

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.

Francis Ford Coppola

Think You Question Little Answer

It takes no imagination to live within your means.

Francis Ford Coppola

Live Imagination Within Your Means

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

Francis Ford Coppola

Life Man Me Better My Life Career

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