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There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children.
Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 7
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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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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 have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.
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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 had been a kid that moved so much, I didn’t have a lot of friends. Theater really represented that kind of camaraderie.
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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'm very proud of my flops, as much as of my successes.
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I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
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When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you get it something with those qualities that make it age well with the public.
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Today's winemakers still worry about quality.
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Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.
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Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.
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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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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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Collaboration is like the sex of creativity.
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