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In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.
Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 7
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I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you can cook up, with non-existent budgets. I didn't want to be surrounded by comforts and colleagues, which you have when when you're a big time director. I wanted to write personal works.
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Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business.
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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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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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Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.
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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.
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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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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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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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So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.
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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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