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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 were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.
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Art depends on luck and talent.
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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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I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college.
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I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.
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I've been failing for, like, ten or eleven years. When it turns, it'll turn. Right now I'm just trying to squeeze through a very tight financial period, get the movie out, and put my things in order.
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I was excited to discover, in this tale by Eliade, the key themes that I most hope to understand better - time, consciousness and the dream-like basis of reality.
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I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.
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Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.
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When a movie is about to come out on its initial debut, there are a lot of people involved - the financiers, the studio and the producers and also, many times, the foreign distributors. So it is a time of tremendous pressure and uncertainty.
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The essence of cinema is editing.
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I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.
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I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.
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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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