I have much to learn from my daughter Sofia. Her minimalism exposes my limitations: I’m too instinctive and operatic, I put too much heart into my work, I get lost sometimes in bizarre things – it’s my Italian heritage. Francis Ford Coppola Read Quote
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. Francis Ford Coppola Read Quote
My company and people think I’m wacky when I have an idea… I know if I have an idea, no one will want to go through it. But if I persist, people will go through it. Francis Ford Coppola Read Quote
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. Francis Ford Coppola Read Quote
I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories. Francis Ford Coppola Read Quote
I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college. Francis Ford Coppola Read Quote
My family were symphonic musicians and in the opera. Also, it was my era, the love of radio. We used to listen to the radio at night, close our eyes and see movies far more beautiful than you can photograph. Francis Ford Coppola Read Quote
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. Francis Ford Coppola Read Quote
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. Francis Ford Coppola Read Quote
To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, ‘Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.’ Francis Ford Coppola Read Quote
