Francis Ford Coppola

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.

My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.

I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should play with all your cards, and all your dice, and whatever else you've got. So, each time I make a movie, I give it everything I have. I think everyone should, and I think everyone should do everything they do that way.

Everything I do is personal. I have never made a movie that didn't have very strong personal resonance.

We support each other in the Coppola family. We love the idea of everyone getting his place in the sun.

Movie-wise, there is nothing I wouldn't do again. It's not possible to make one perfect movie every time.

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.

A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually.

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.

In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.

Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby.

The photographer and the director are where reality and fantasy meet.

Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal.

I've been blessed with enough wealth that I can make a film myself up to a certain budget. So one way I thought I would reinvent myself was just to make these very small, personal films that I've financed myself.

Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.

I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.

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

Music is a big factor in helping the illusion of the film come to life. The same way music brings back different periods of our lives.