American - Director | April 7, 1939 -
My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go off and make films irrespective of the opinion of the three or four critics who seem to rule the roost.
Francis Ford Coppola
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Everything I do is personal. I have never made a movie that didn't have very strong personal resonance.
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By working in the morning, I find a sense of peace; it's isolated peace, but I can definitely be in touch with my feelings, and then I just start.
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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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I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films.
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Being a former theater student, of course, there is a part of me that is fascinated with stage crafts and what you can do with illusions and working within the confines of the studio.
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When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle.
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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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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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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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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 never went to a psychologist or psychiatrist in my life. Never. You know, Italians are a little prejudiced against that kind of thing.
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