241 Quotes by Francis Ford Coppola

"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."

"We support each other in the Coppola family. We love the idea of everyone getting his place in the sun."

"When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television."

"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."

"I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing."

"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."

"I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement."

"Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film."

"A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually."

"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."