Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppolais an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He was considered to be the central figure of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth7 April 1939
CountryUnited States of America
thinking should stills
I still think Ned Beatty should've played Don Corleone.
people figures wells
I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.
art film aspire
So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.
beautiful eye night
My family were symphonic musicians and in the opera. Also, it was my era, the love of radio. We used to listen to the radio at night, close our eyes and see movies far more beautiful than you can photograph.
worry quality today
Today's winemakers still worry about quality.
careers had-enough kind
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. I didn't make that money necessarily from the film business, but I eventually made a lot of money and that's what I do. Of course, I consider myself unbelievably fortunate, and I'm pretty content with my life.
team artist wire
The only TV I would be interested in exploring would be live television. There's no substitute for a team of artists performing at their peak live when failure is possible. It's a high-wire act. That excites me.
beautiful girl art
The great hope is that people who wouldn't normally make films will be making them. Suddenly, one day some little fat girl in Ohio is going to be the new Mozart and make a beautiful film with her father's camera and for once the so called professionalism about movies will be destroyed forever - and it will really become an art form.
cinema done film
Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.
children polio-vaccine people
When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television.
finding-yourself restaurants hotel
If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business.
country real patriotic
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.
awards achievement lifetime
The things you get fired for when you’re young are the same things that you get lifetime achievement awards for when you’re old.
people film made
The very earliest people who made film were magicians.