241 Quotes by Francis Ford Coppola

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

I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.

I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while.

I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.

I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.

You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it.

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

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.