The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy. Francis Ford Coppola More Quotes by Francis Ford Coppola More Quotes From Francis Ford Coppola So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less. Francis Ford Coppola aspire film art 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. Francis Ford Coppola girl teacher school Collaboration is like the sex of creativity. Francis Ford Coppola collaboration creativity sex I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten. Francis Ford Coppola flags done giving I just finished a film a few days ago, and I came home and said I learned so much today. So if I can come home from working on a little film after doing it for 45 years and say, "I learned so much today," that shows something about the cinema. Because the cinema is very young. It's only 100 years old. Francis Ford Coppola cinema home years 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.' Francis Ford Coppola graduation inspirational funny 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. Francis Ford Coppola casting flags stuff 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. Francis Ford Coppola patterns growing-up television To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.' Francis Ford Coppola elements risk film 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. Francis Ford Coppola careers somewhere-else birthday I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn’t have a lot of friends. Theater really represented that kind of camaraderie. Francis Ford Coppola lots-of-friends theater kids The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed. Francis Ford Coppola dollars bed water I was interested in the idea of succession - showing a father and a son both in their own time and drawing a contrast Francis Ford Coppola father ideas son I just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It's astonishing. I always wished that I could do that. Francis Ford Coppola writing people years 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. Francis Ford Coppola work success order Steven Spielberg is unique. I feel that the kinds of movies he loves are the same kinds of movies that the big mass audience loves. He's very fortunate because he can do the things he naturally likes the best, and he's been very successful. Francis Ford Coppola likes unique successful Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker. Francis Ford Coppola problem real people 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. Francis Ford Coppola risk taken age If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor. Francis Ford Coppola camp-counselors want children People feel the worst film I made was 'Jack.' But to this day, when I get checks from old movies I've made, 'Jack' is one of the biggest ones. No one knows that. If people hate the movie, they hate the movie. I just wanted to work with Robin Williams. Francis Ford Coppola movie hate people
