Francis Ford Coppola Quotes

The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy.
Francis Ford Coppola

Emotional, Together, Put

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, Successful, Real

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

Movies, Made, Film

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

Lost, Might, Ideas

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.
Francis Ford Coppola

Art, Doubt, Artist

When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'
Francis Ford Coppola

Graduation, Famous, Big

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

Passion, Chaos, Large

I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should play with all your cards, and all your dice, and whatever else you've got. So, each time I make a movie, I give it everything I have. I think everyone should, and I think everyone should do everything they do that way.
Francis Ford Coppola

Time, Game, Everything

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

Done, Another, American

It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again.
Francis Ford Coppola

Success, Age, Greatest

I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school.
Francis Ford Coppola

School, Number, Teachers

I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while.
Francis Ford Coppola

Time, Remember, Once

It takes no imagination to live within your means.
Francis Ford Coppola

Live, Means, Within

The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work.
Francis Ford Coppola

Work, Good, Trouble

You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it.
Francis Ford Coppola

Love, Time, Hate

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, Put, Become

All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are a number of people that cross-pollinated each other.
Francis Ford Coppola

Great, Number, Films

Art depends on luck and talent.
Francis Ford Coppola

Art, Talent, Luck

As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.
Francis Ford Coppola

Work, Money, Long

Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up.
Francis Ford Coppola

Father, Son, Bit

George Lucas doesn't have the most physical stamina. He was so unhappy making Star Wars that he just vowed he'd never do it again.
Francis Ford Coppola

Again, Making, Unhappy

I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.
Francis Ford Coppola

Film, Found, Schedule

I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant.
Francis Ford Coppola

Career, Gun, Picture

I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.
Francis Ford Coppola

Successful, Hard, Young

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.
Francis Ford Coppola

Life, Bring, Mess

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Nationality: American

Born: April 7, 1939

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