The Godfather 3 Quotes

#1. It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.

William H. Macy

#2. Ah, men understand friendship more than we woman.

Mario Puzo

#3. I don't like diabolism so I stay away from things like Clockwork Orange. I think diabolism is awfully childish. I don't even want to see The Godfather. I couldn't stand seeing that horse's head cut off. I wouldn't mind if it were Marlon Brando's.

Anita Loos

#4. Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers.

Mario Puzo

#5. Take the gun. Leave the cannoli.

Mario Puzo

#6. I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, 'Godfather I' and 'Godfather II,' and 'Lonesome Dove.'

Robert Duvall

#7. I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.

Matthew Perry

#8. My godfather was a Chicago policeman, and I've always looked at law enforcement as a challenging and interesting job.

Bob Odenkirk

#9. The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many bad novels can become good movies, like 'Jaws' or 'The Godfather.'

Alexander Payne

#10. Always the godfather, never the god,

Gregory Maguire

#11. I have always credited the writer of the original material above the title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Bram Stoker's Dracula, or John Grisham's The Rainmaker. I felt that I didn't have the right to Francis Coppola's anything unless I had written the story and the screenplay.

Francis Ford Coppola

#12. Anybody who was in 'The Godfather' is a tough guy.

Peter Dinklage

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

Francis Ford Coppola

#14. Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many years later, when his wife died, my godfather gave me the two books as a remembrance.

Laurence Housman

#15. We are all so close. We are godfather to each others' kids. I was the best man at Jesus' wedding.

Juan Marichal

#16. I was up for Michael Corleone in 'The Godfather,' but, as I was only 10 at the time, I think Mr. Coppola made the right choice. The Julia Roberts role in 'Pretty Woman' held a bizarre allure for me. But, it's silly to look back with regret.

Eric Stoltz

#17. I should've known Gideon would spill. He's like a surrogate parent. Not like a stepfather, exactly - more like a godfather, or a sea horse who wants to stuff me into his pouch.

Kendare Blake

#18. Do I get to be the godfather?" "Fuck that!" Logan objects. "He's picking me. Obvs." "Bullshit. I'm clearly the better choice." "You're clearly the bigger egomaniac, that's what you are.

Elle Kennedy

#19. 'The Godfather' was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.

Orson Welles

#20. I'm called the Godfather [of Ecstacy] because I published for the first time information about its effects in man. I feel content with the title. MDMA is a beautiful drug ...

Alexander Shulgin

#21. Wasn't it true that Sometimes the greatest misfortunes brought unforseen rewards? -Don Corleone

Mario Puzo

#22. What the hell are you? (Desiderius)
I'm her godfather, with a heavy emphasis on the god part. (Acheron)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#23. Woman and children can afford to be careless, men can not-Don Corleone

Mario Puzo

#24. I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.'

Francis Ford Coppola

#25. 'Godfather' was very classical - the way it was shot, the style - the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean.

Francis Ford Coppola

#26. I've grown up around cinema. Michael Kamen was a very, very close friend of mine, sort of my godfather. So I know how much work goes into it. You have to know what you're doing.

Dhani Harrison

#27. Friends would ask, 'Have you seen 'The Godfather?' and I'd be like, 'No.'

Gia Coppola

#28. The Muslim Brotherhood is the parent organization of extreme ideology. They are the godfather of all terrorist organizations. They spread it all over the world.

Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi

#29. I got a call on a Sunday. 'Do you want to do 'The Godfather?' I thought they were kidding me, right? I said, 'Yes, of course, I love that book' - which I had never read.

Albert S. Ruddy

#30. My CIA godfather told me he'd never heard any American speak Japanese so well.

Steven Seagal