I used to love going into local hardware stores, to look at little things they made locally. Nowadays it's harder, though you can still do it in Vietnam. Francis Ford Coppola More Quotes by Francis Ford Coppola More Quotes From Francis Ford Coppola 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. Francis Ford Coppola had-enoughcareerskind 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. Francis Ford Coppola fairytalechristianjobs As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work. Francis Ford Coppola lots-of-moneymy-ownlong 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. Francis Ford Coppola growingstrongideas Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea. Francis Ford Coppola visionexampleideas Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up. Francis Ford Coppola menfatherson The time a movie is made is unique, not only from the talent that is available but if the public was ready for it. Francis Ford Coppola talentuniquemade 'Godfather' was very classical, the way it was shot, the style, the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean. Francis Ford Coppola drivingstyleway I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant. Francis Ford Coppola atheismcareersgun I bring to my life a certain amount of mess. Francis Ford Coppola messadversitycertain Of all the human evils, of which we have thousands of years of record and our own contemporary experiences, the most horrible evil of all is hypocrisy. It's this idea that there are those who do bad and there are those who do good, when, in fact, even the people who supposedly do good are saying they do good to mask the fact that they do evil. Francis Ford Coppola peopleyearsideas A lot of the young people make beautiful films or big films or are able to finance them, but they can't get anyone to distribute them, they can't get anyone to see them, so they go to these thousands of film festivals. So I still believe that even though a young kid might be able to make a masterpiece or something that changes the direction of cinema, the issue of how to get it to people is still not solved. Francis Ford Coppola beautifulbelievekids Robert Evans had strong instincts as evidenced by the long list of great films in Robert Evans career, when I worked with Bob, some of his helpful ideas included suggesting John Marley as Woltz and Sterling Hayden as the Police Captain, and John Marley as Woltz ultimate realization that' The Godfather' could be 2 hours and 45 minutes in length ; also, making a movie out of' The Cotton Club' — casting Richard Gere and Gregory Hines, and bringing Milena Canonero, George Faison, Richard Sylbert, and many other talented people to work on the film. May The Kid always stay in the picture. Francis Ford Coppola entertainment My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go off and make films irrespective of the opinion of the three or four critics who seem to rule the roost. Francis Ford Coppola opinioni-canmoneylife We support each other in the Coppola family. We love the idea of everyone getting his place in the sun. Francis Ford Coppola supportfamilysunlove
