Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppolais an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He was considered to be the central figure of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth7 April 1939
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful girl art
The great hope is that people who wouldn't normally make films will be making them. Suddenly, one day some little fat girl in Ohio is going to be the new Mozart and make a beautiful film with her father's camera and for once the so called professionalism about movies will be destroyed forever - and it will really become an art form.
cinema done film
Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.
careers had-enough kind
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.
team artist wire
The only TV I would be interested in exploring would be live television. There's no substitute for a team of artists performing at their peak live when failure is possible. It's a high-wire act. That excites me.
worry quality today
Today's winemakers still worry about quality.
stuff casting flags
The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work.
telling-stories stories wanted
I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.
ideas vision example
Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.
cinema world film
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.
morning feelings isolated
By working in the morning, I find a sense of peace; it's isolated peace, but I can definitely be in touch with my feelings, and then I just start.
growing-up patterns littles
I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while.
luxury simplicity needs
I like simplicity; I don't need luxury.
long lots-of-money i-can
As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.
army people goes-on
I don't go on set with an army of people because the most expensive elements of a movie production are the plane tickets, the hotel rooms, food and gasoline. If you're willing to discover new colleagues in the place that you are, you can save a ton of money.