When you make a film it is like asking yourself a question. When it is finished, you know the answer. Ultimately with all of cinema, we are just trying to learn about ourselves. I have always used the opportunity to make a film to learn more about myself, which I am still doing.
Francis Ford CoppolaListen, 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 CoppolaI landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue.
Francis Ford CoppolaAs long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.
Francis Ford Coppola