American - Director | April 7, 1939 -
As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.
Francis Ford Coppola
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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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The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed.
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I used to love going into local hardware stores, to look at little things they made locally. Nowadays it's harder, though you can still do it in Vietnam.
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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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Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.
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I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. But you look at the project and think, 'Gee, there are a lot of good directors who could do that.' I'd like to do something only I can do.
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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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People feel the worst film I made was 'Jack.' But to this day, when I get checks from old movies I've made, 'Jack' is one of the biggest ones. No one knows that. If people hate the movie, they hate the movie. I just wanted to work with Robin Williams.
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Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.
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I just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It's astonishing. I always wished that I could do that.
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I had to get a job, and of course, the job was 'The Godfather.' That made me be something I didn't know I was going to be. I became a big-shot director.
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