Author: Francis Ford Coppola

Quotes

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

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

- Francis Ford Coppola

You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.

You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.

- Francis Ford Coppola

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

- Francis Ford Coppola

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.

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.

- Francis Ford Coppola

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.

- Francis Ford Coppola

If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor.

If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor.

- Francis Ford Coppola

Art depends on luck and talent.

Art depends on luck and talent.

- Francis Ford Coppola

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.

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

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