Francis Ford Coppola

Listen, if there’s one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it’s…

When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make…

I’ve been offered lots of movies. There’s always some actor who’s doing a project and…

It takes no imagination to live within your means…

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people…

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn’t speak Italian in the…

I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue…

It’s ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with…

I’m no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I…

I was never sloppy with other people’s money. Only my own. Because I figure, well…

Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility…

When newspapers started to publish the box office scores of movies, I was horrified. Those…

They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the…

I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a…

As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I’ll continue to…