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The most adventurous thing I've done is learn how to fly a helicopter in the Philippines. One night we landed on a beach and slept on it. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#beach #done #fly #helicopter #how

I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#american flag #another #bizarre #done #fired

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. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#age #aware #because #career #deadline

I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#always #film #film world #flew #found

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#ate #being #food #had #house

I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#associate #being #career #gun #i

I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#because #enthusiastic #hard #i #just

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. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#away #back #back to school #button #experience

I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#hated #i #me #number #school

I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn't have a lot of friends. Theater really represented camaraderie. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#camaraderie #friends #had #i #kid