A lot of the young people make beautiful films or big films or are able to finance them, but they can't get anyone to distribute them, they can't get anyone to see them, so they go to these thousands of film festivals. So I still believe that even though a young kid might be able to make a masterpiece or something that changes the direction of cinema, the issue of how to get it to people is still not solved.
Francis Ford CoppolaI associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant.
Francis Ford CoppolaAn essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?
Francis Ford CoppolaWe had access to too much equipment, too much money, and little by little we went insane.
Francis Ford Coppola