Francis Ford Coppola Quotes

Making your first feature film is actually impossible.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

I'm a believer in film school.

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.

I started making little films with a 16 mm camera as an undergraduate at Yale. My first job out of college was 'assistant editor' on a forgettable low budget feature.

I've not had any interest in running a movie studio, but I want to make one feature film.

If you're writing a screenplay for a feature, you don't have any involvement with the casting process, the editing process, the set design, the costume design, or any of that stuff.

Eventually, I would love to direct, but not anytime soon. I just love the storytelling aspect.

I made a lot of short films before making a feature film. Actually, I learnt film-making by making short films.

I know I'm incapable of orchestrating an entire film.

I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.

I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film.

Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.

I went to the University of Toronto to study the history and theory of film, in the back of my mind thinking I'd go to NYU film school and see if I could make a career of it.

I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies. I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.

I majored in screenwriting and playwriting in school - and wanted to make films as a career. But when I directed my first short in college - which was called 'Extras' - I lost thousands of dollars and made an unsatisfying and incomplete film.

I'm interested in making films of all sizes. During this time I've made a film called 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas', which is a modest-sized film. I was involved in 'I Am Legend' and 'Yes, Man', but 'Potter' is unique. There'll never be anything like 'Potter' again.

One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.

I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features.

I would love to produce a film.

While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it.

I co-wrote and produced 'Sticky Fingers' with Catlin Adams, who directed it. I learned a lot writing and producing with Cat. I spent as much time as I could in the cutting room with her. All the producing experience that I had helped.

I definitely want to study film. I'd like to have my own studio one day and just make a lot of movies.

I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.