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I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.

Francis Ford Coppola

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Francis Ford Coppola
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 7
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They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family.
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When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of Darkness. Novels usually have so much rich material.
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If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor.
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I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it without asking anyone's permission.
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I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.
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The essence of cinema is editing.
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Art depends on luck and talent.
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So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.
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When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle.
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Wine is so much more than a beverage. It's a romance, a story, a drama-all of those things that are basically putting on a show.
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I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.'
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I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.
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Always make your work be personal. And, you never have to lie... There is something we know that's connected with beauty and truth. There is something ancient. We know that art is about beauty, and therefore it has to be about truth.
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The photographer and the director are where reality and fantasy meet.
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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.
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Time is the lens through which dreams are captured.
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When you make a film it is like asking yourself a question. When it is finished, you know the answer. Ultimately with all of cinema, we are just trying to learn about ourselves. I have always used the opportunity to make a film to learn more about myself, which I am still doing.
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