241 Quotes by Francis Ford Coppola

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

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.’

Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It’s for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.

One thing that I’m sure of is the real pleasure of life – it’s not being known, it’s not having your own jet plane, it’s not having a mansion the pleasure is to learn something.

I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn’t have a lot of friends. Theater really represented camaraderie.

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.

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don’t take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn’t been seen before?

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.

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.