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I'm very proud of my flops, as much as of my successes.
Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 7
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We had access to too much equipment, too much money, and little by little we went insane.
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Ten Days That Shook The World, by Eisenstein, I went to see it, and I was so impressed with this film, so impressed with what cinema could do.
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I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college.
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Time is the lens through which dreams are captured.
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The photographer and the director are where reality and fantasy meet.
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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. I didn't make that money necessarily from the film business, but I eventually made a lot of money and that's what I do. Of course, I consider myself unbelievably fortunate, and I'm pretty content with my life.
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I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.
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It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. But I like the idea of growing old, and the thought of approaching death is not particularly daunting to me.
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In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.
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You're in a profession in which absolutely everybody is telling you their opinion, which is different. That's one of the reasons George Lucas never directed again.
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Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business.
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If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes.
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My family were symphonic musicians and in the opera. Also, it was my era, the love of radio. We used to listen to the radio at night, close our eyes and see movies far more beautiful than you can photograph.
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Music is a big factor in helping the illusion of the film come to life. The same way music brings back different periods of our lives.
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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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I was raised as a Catholic, but I didn't like the Catholic Church at all. I thought the nuns were mean.
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Today's winemakers still worry about quality.
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