Francis Ford Coppola Trying Quotations

Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.

My talent is that I just try and try and try and try again and little by little it comes to something...

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.

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.