Gia Coppola Quotes

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Gia Coppola

Profession : Director

Birth : January 1, 1987

There is always something I gain from watching a movie, whether it's a silly romantic comedy or an art film.

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When I was a baby, my mom was always bringing me onto set.

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I like the pharmacy makeup. I always get stuck in that aisle... I've always liked looking at it.

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Movies are a collaboration, I feel, so I didn't think of myself as an authoritative figure as much.

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I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I was bad - I'm not very coordinated. But I always wished I could have been a dancer.

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I didn't go to film school. My Grampa always says just watch a lot of movies. He didn't go to film school; he went to theatre school. It's interesting to learn about the technical side of it, but I think it's more important to learn about writing and working with actors.

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I think when you do things outside of what you're interested in, you meet people and get ideas to bring in to whatever it is you love doing the most.

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I guess I knew my dad was into photography, so a part of me was interested in picking it up to understand him a little better.

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I've always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites me.

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After college, I drove across the country twice with friends. It was one of the most fascinating experiences of my life. I find it really inspiring seeing the country that way.

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I liked to drive around, just playing music for everyone.

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As a teenager, I wanted to be sophisticated and avant-garde, and I was really judgmental. But when you're a teenager, you're fearless because you don't know the repercussions to anything.

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I don't really wear makeup. I don't like the feeling of it. I just put mascara on, and that's kind of it.

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I love Serge Lutens orange blossom perfume; my mom got it for me. It's my favorite. It just smells clean.

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When I was younger, I had pink underneath my hair, and I got detention. I went to an all-girls school where you wore a uniform, and pink hair was not OK.

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I'm Italian, so I need to get someone to wax my eyebrows, but I'm not so good at keeping it up.

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I studied photography at Bard, but I just felt tired of it. Someone asked me to be in a video but didn't want to be in it, so they told me to make my own, and that seemed more fun to me.

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To a certain extent, I like fashion, but sometimes I just want to be comfortable and don't really care.

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I don't like shopping, so I'll look online. I like going to the flea market at the Rose Bowl every once in a while. I like the same stores, Opening Ceremony and APC.

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I enjoy fashion photography and textiles, that whole aspect of it. As more of an art form, I like Proenza Schouler. Those guys are really cool because they seem to have an interesting approach to it all.

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