Famous Quotes

"I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book."

Francis Ford Coppola on Movies

More quotes about Movies

• "Film spectators are quiet vampires."

  Jim Morrison on Movies

• "Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic."

  Johnny Depp on Movies

• "You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies."

  Steve Martin on Movies

• "This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country."

  Clint Eastwood on Movies

• "Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood."

  Walt Disney on Movies

More quotes by Francis Ford Coppola

• "It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again."

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

• "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."

• "I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can."

• "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."