“So give yourself that chance to put together the 80, 90 pages of a draft and then read it very in a nice little ceremony, where you're comfortable, and you read it and make good notes on it, what you liked, what touched you, what moved you, what's a possible way, and then you go about on a rewrite.” WayGivingLittlesTogetherChanceNiceComfortablePagesMovedNotesTouchedCeremony Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“My film isn't about Vietnam. It is Vietnam. It's what it was really like. It was crazy. And the way we made it was very much like the way the Americans were in Vietnam. We were in the jungle, there were too many of us, we had access to too much money, too much equipment and little by little we went insane.” WayLittlesMadeFilmToo MuchCrazyAccessInsaneMade ItVietnamEquipmentJungle Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“Music is a big factor in helping the illusion of the film come to life. The same way music brings back different periods of our lives.” WayDifferentHelpingBigsFilmOur LivesPeriodsMusic IsIllusionFactors Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“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.” ThinkingWayGivingShouldBelievePlayGamesI BelieveCardsFilmmakingDice Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually.” WayTogetherCertainNumbersTeamworkAbove And Beyond Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“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.” ThinkingMenWayKindLittlesFatherBitsSonLittle BitFrankFogPropsFather And Son Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“'Godfather' was very classical, the way it was shot, the style, the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean.” WayWholeForceStyleShotsDrivingDriving Force 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 live near San Francisco in the most beautiful spot on earth and enjoy myself in many ways. Yes, I love to work, which for now is to think and read and write, so it's all a dream come true.” ThinkingWayWritingDreamEarthBeautifulEnjoySpotsDreams Come TrueSan Francisco Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life!” ThinkingWayHas BeensFailingSucceedFortunateAmbitiousMundane 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
“Sound is your friend because sound is much cheaper than picture, but it has equal effect on the audience - in some ways, perhaps more effect because it does it in a very indirect way.” WayDoeSoundAudienceEffectsEqualCheaperIndirect 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
