“In America, even the critics - which is a pity - tend to genre-ize things. They have a hard time when genres get mixed. They want to categorize things. That's why I love Wes Anderson's films and the Coen Brothers, because you don't know what you're going to get, and very often you get something that you don't expect and that's just what a genre's not supposed to do.” KnowsWantHardAmericaFilmBrotherCriticsPityGenreHard TimesCoen Brothers 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
“If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor.” IfsWantChildrenRememberedCampsCounselorCamp Counselors 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 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.” WantArtIdeasReasonWholeFilmInterestingBiggerBudgetsTheme Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not like commercial movies, which I enjoy myself, but I wanted to be the kind of filmmaker who wrote original work, sort of like a novelist would who deals with who we are and our times or our relationships.” WantKindWantedEnjoyBornDealsDoubtOriginalsCinemaNovelistsFilmmakerOur TimeWho We AreOur Relationship 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
