“I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. But you look at the project and think, 'Gee, there are a lot of good directors who could do that.' I'd like to do something only I can do.” ThinkingLooksI CanActorsCan DoDirectorsProjectsGood Directors Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you can cook up, with non-existent budgets. I didn't want to be surrounded by comforts and colleagues, which you have when when you're a big time director. I wanted to write personal works.” MenWantWritingBigsWantedFilmStudentsComfortDirectorsCooksBudgetsColleaguesFilm Students Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“The photographer and the director are where reality and fantasy meet.” RealityFantasyDirectorsPhotographer Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“Most directors have one masterpiece by which they are known. Kurosawa has at least eight or nine.” KnownDirectorsEightNineMasterpieceKurosawa Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself.” DirectorsCircusInventing Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“I have always credited the writer of the original material above the title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Bram Stoker's Dracula, or John Grisham's The Rainmaker. I felt that I didn't have the right to Francis Coppola's anything unless I had written the story and the screenplay.” StoriesFeltWrittenMaterialsDirectorsOriginalsTitlesScreenplaysScreenwritingMarioStoker Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“I remember in The Conversation, they brought all these coats to me, and they said: Do you want him to look like a detective, Humphrey Bogart? Do you want him to look like a blah blah blah. I didn't know, and said the theme is 'privacy' and chose the plastic coat you could see through. So knowing the theme helps you make a decision when you're not sure which way to go.” KnowsWayWantLooksSaidHelpingRememberDecisionKnowingDirectorsConversationNot SureThemePrivacyPlasticFilmmakingThey SaidCoatsDetectivesWant HimBlahBogartWhich Way To Go Author:Francis Ford Coppola
