Rumpus: So many aspiring filmmakers are daunted by how much money films cost to make. Does that ever deter your ambition?

Coppola: In terms of money, I have a magic box. I do. In that box is an infinite amount of money. So when I have a worthy project I just go in that box and I take out the money. The box doesn’t exist and therefore there’s nothing in it. But I believe there is. And ultimately that’s what happens. At the time, if I ever have a script doing what I wish that it could do, then I would figure out where to get the money.

Francis Ford Coppola on false limitations

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