Person
Francis Ford Coppola
- Director
- Writer
- Commentary
- Appearances
- 2
- Quotes
- 6
- Mentioned in
- 3
- Films
- 2
In commentary
In their words
- “Those times when you feel that your ideas aren't good or people are putting down your ideas or you're getting fired, that those are the same ideas that you're going to be celebrating for 30 years later. So, you know, you almost have to have courage.” [1:15:00] The Godfather (1972)
- “When I read the book, The Godfather, I saw Al Pacino walking with those two shepherds, and I saw that face, specifically in this scene.” [1:37:59] The Godfather (1972)
- “We had this wonderful composer, this wonderful music. We had this great photographer. We had this wonderful production design, a wonderful costume person, and a great book to base it on. And I remember in the old days, people would say, well, gee, what did you do? And I said, well, I chose them.” [2:50:45] The Godfather (1972)
- “I wanted to write a screenplay about a man and his son, but both at the same age, let's say 30 years old, and tell this parallel story. Finally, I found myself doing The Godfather Part II. I basically just took that notion and conceived of Part II as having two time periods told against each other.” [10:44] The Godfather Part II (1974)
- “And so I started and I rewrote the entire script through the night, that Friday and Saturday, and totally rewrote it. I gave it to Al Pacino on Tuesday, exhausted. And after a day or so of waiting, the word came back that, well, guess Al would do it, and he thought the rewrite was good.” [41:38] The Godfather Part II (1974)
- “I wanted, you know, Michael to be haunted by the iciness in his own personal life, the reflection about his child, his wife, that oddly enough he was doing all of this to preserve his family and he was destroying his family at the same time and that was the central theme of that character.” [2:06:29] The Godfather Part II (1974)
