“I just finished a film a few days ago, and I came home and said I learned so much today. So if I can come home from working on a little film after doing it for 45 years and say, "I learned so much today," that shows something about the cinema. Because the cinema is very young. It's only 100 years old.” IfsYearsLittlesSaidI CanShowsHomeTodayFilmYoungFinishedCinemaComing Home Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.” LongI CanMy OwnLots Of Money Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“By working in the morning, I find a sense of peace; it's isolated peace, but I can definitely be in touch with my feelings, and then I just start.” I CanFeelingsMorningIsolated Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.” IfsWantI CanPlayGuyActorsGolfMovieDependentMovie BusinessOld Guys Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“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
“When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everything I wrote, I thought, was weak. And I can remember falling asleep in tears because I had no talent the way I wanted to have.” WayI CanWantedRememberFallTalentTearsWeakPlaywrightSixteenSeventeenFalling Asleep Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“I've been blessed with enough wealth that I can make a film myself up to a certain budget. So one way I thought I would reinvent myself was just to make these very small, personal films that I've financed myself.” WayI CanEnoughFilmCertainWealthBlessedOne WayBudgets Author:Francis Ford Coppola
