Francis Ford Coppola Life Quotations

'The Godfather' changed my life, for better or worse. It definitely made me have an older man's film career when I was 29.

My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go off and make films irrespective of the opinion of the three or four critics who seem to rule the roost.

The things you get fired for when you’re young are the same things that you get lifetime achievement awards for when you’re old.

That's part of the requirement for me to be an artist is that you're trying to share your personal existence with others and trying to illuminate modern life, trying to understand life.