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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

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I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.

~Francis Ford Coppola

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I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.

~Francis Ford Coppola

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I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant.

~Francis Ford Coppola

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I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.

~Francis Ford Coppola

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George Lucas doesn't have the most physical stamina. He was so unhappy making Star Wars that he just vowed he'd never do it again.

~Francis Ford Coppola

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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

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

~Francis Ford Coppola

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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.

~Francis Ford Coppola

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All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are a number of people that cross-pollinated each other.

~Francis Ford Coppola

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: April 7th, 1939

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