Francis Ford Coppola Movies Quotes

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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.

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I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

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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.

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When newspapers started to publish the box office scores of movies, I was horrified. Those results are totally fake because they never include the promotion budget.

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I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.

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I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. But you look at the project and think, 'Gee, there are a lot of good directors who could do that.' I'd like to do something only I can do.

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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.

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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.
I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
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.

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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.
I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
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.
When newspapers started to publish the box office scores of movies, I was horrified. Those results are totally fake because they never include the promotion budget.
I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.
I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. But you look at the project and think, 'Gee, there are a lot of good directors who could do that.' I'd like to do something only I can do.
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.

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