Francis Ford Coppola ((born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing. Use this quote
It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again. Use this quote
Art depends on luck and talent. Use this quote
Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that I don't know anything about human nature. Use this quote
I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can. Use this quote
I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a guard. When I got polio and then went back to school, they made me a guard. A teacher took away my guard button. Use this quote
When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.' Use this quote
They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family. Use this quote
I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
