241 Quotes by Francis Ford Coppola

I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.

I never went to a psychologist or psychiatrist in my life. Never. You know, Italians are a little prejudiced against that kind of thing.

I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college.

I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.

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

Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued.

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.'

I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant.

I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films.