List of Francis Ford Coppola Quotes

Without A Doubt, I Was Born To Want To Make Cinema, But The Kind Of Cinema I Want To Make Is Not Like Commercial Movies, Which I Enjoy Myself, But I Wanted To Be The Kind Of Filmmaker Who Wrote Original Work, Sort Of Like A Novelist Would Who Deals With Who We Are And Our Times Or Our Relationships.

When Newspapers Started To Publish The Box Office Scores Of Movies, I Was Horrified. Those Results Are Totally Fake Because They Never Include The Promotion Budget.

I Know That If A Film Is Ready To Emerge Out Of What I Write, I'll Be Able To Go Off And Make It Without Asking Anyone's Permission.

I Was Never Sloppy With Other People's Money. Only My Own. Because I Figure, Well, You Can Be.

But Who Said Art Has To Cost Money? And Therefore, Who Says Artists Have To Make Money?

I Realized I Probably Wouldn't Make Another Film That Cuts Through Commercial And Creative Things Like 'godfather' Or 'apocalypse.'

I Was Excited To Discover, In This Tale By Eliade, The Key Themes That I Most Hope To Understand Better - Time, Consciousness And The Dream-like Basis Of Reality.

As Long As I Can Make Lots Of Money In Other Businesses, I'll Continue To Subsidize My Own Work.

I Had An Older Brother Who Was Very Interested In Literature, So I Had An Early Exposure To Literature, And And Theater. My Father Sometimes Would Work In Musical Comedies.

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.

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.

In Kindergarten That Used To Be My Job, To Tell Them Fairytales. I Liked Hans Christian Andersen, And The Grimm Fairy Tales, All The Classic Fairy Tales.