Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not like commercial movies, which I enjoy myself, but I wanted to be the kind of filmmaker who wrote original work, sort of like a novelist would who deals with who we are and our times or our relationships.
Francis Ford CoppolaIf you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business.
Francis Ford CoppolaTo 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 CoppolaI have always credited the writer of the original material above the title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Bram Stoker's Dracula, or John Grisham's The Rainmaker. I felt that I didn't have the right to Francis Coppola's anything unless I had written the story and the screenplay.
Francis Ford CoppolaFilms and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.
Francis Ford Coppola