Francis Ford Coppola Quotes - Page 4

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• We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Italian, House, Proud

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• Of all the human evils, of which we have thousands of years of record and our own contemporary experiences, the most horrible evil of all is hypocrisy. It's this idea that there are those who do bad and there are those who do good, when, in fact, even the people who supposedly do good are saying they do good to mask the fact that they do evil.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Years, Ideas, People

  Interview with Tim Ryan, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. October 15, 2010.

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• 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.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Crazy, Insane, Vietnam

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• The most adventurous thing I've done is learn how to fly a helicopter in the Philippines. One night we landed on a beach and slept on it.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Beach, Night, Done

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• But who said art has to cost money? And therefore, who says artists have to make money?

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Art, Cost, Making Money

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• It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. But I like the idea of growing old, and the thought of approaching death is not particularly daunting to me.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Strong, Ideas, Growing

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• My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Vietnam, Film

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• All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are a number of people that cross-pollinated each other.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Italian, Numbers, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Movie, Jobs, Writing

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• If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Children, Want, Camp Counselors

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• I'm very proud of my flops, as much as of my successes.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Writing, Proud

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• I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Teacher, School, Numbers

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• I always think upon Lee Strasberg with warmth, and reviewing his wisdom is a pleasure.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Thinking, Pleasure, Warmth

  "The Lee Strasberg Notes: Sharing the Method with a New Generation of Actors, Directors and Film and Theater Lovers" by Lola Cohen, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 24, 2010.

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• The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Water, Bed, Dollars

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• I used to love going into local hardware stores, to look at little things they made locally. Nowadays it's harder, though you can still do it in Vietnam.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Looks, Vietnam, Littles

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• Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Ideas, Vision, Example

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• A lot of the young people make beautiful films or big films or are able to finance them, but they can't get anyone to distribute them, they can't get anyone to see them, so they go to these thousands of film festivals. So I still believe that even though a young kid might be able to make a masterpiece or something that changes the direction of cinema, the issue of how to get it to people is still not solved.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Beautiful, Believe, Kids

  Interview with Tim Ryan, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. October 15, 2010.

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• Art depends on luck and talent.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Art, Luck, Talent

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• It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Birthday, Somewhere Else, Careers

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• I don't go on set with an army of people because the most expensive elements of a movie production are the plane tickets, the hotel rooms, food and gasoline. If you're willing to discover new colleagues in the place that you are, you can save a ton of money.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Army, People, Tickets

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• Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Real, People, Problem

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The time a movie is made is unique, not only from the talent that is available but if the public was ready for it.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Unique, Talent, Made

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• One of the most important tools that a filmmaker has are his/her notes.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Important, Tools, Notes

  "Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration". Interview with Ariston Anderson, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 6, 2011.

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• I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Gadgets, Shops, Basements

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• 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.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Country, Real, Patriotic

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