Gia Coppola Quotes

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Gia Coppola

Profession : Director

Birth : January 1, 1987

I love so many directors. I love David O. Russell. I love David Fincher, I love Alexander Payne and Jane Campion and my aunt. Spike Jonze. There are just so many amazing directors.

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We definitely have to support other female directors because there's not enough of us.

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I think what's so great about making your first feature film is that you're so naive in some ways; you don't know what to expect, and you don't question things as much because you're just trying to figure it out as you go.

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My family and I are so close, it's important to have a close knit relationship and to make time to spend with each other, especially at the holidays.

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I really learned a lot when I worked on my grandpa's film 'Twixt' and got to be with him start to finish and sit next to him every day. That was my film school.

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So many of the kids on television have really nice clothes, perfect skin and hair.

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I went to a private school, and I struggled academically. It was really disheartening to always be considered bad at that.

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I love working with other people and bouncing ideas off them.

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I knew I wanted to make a movie that hadn't really existed in a while in terms of being a teenager.

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I always knew my mom was a good actress.

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My mentor in college was Stephen Shore. I loved his color palettes and his taking mundane things but finding them fascinating.

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I like the camera to be still and not very shaky and have everything happen within the frame.

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When I graduated, I felt a little burned out on taking pictures after so many years of churning out so many for classes.

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Chanel is a brand that is so inspiring.

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Most people think of Las Vegas, and they think of extravagance. But it's really a mix between fantasy and laziness.

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If I'm not comfortable, I just look awkward.

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With my aunt, I definitely can relate to how she makes a movie because she does it with her own demeanor, which isn't this loud presence.

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I love making movies. But it's a lot of investing your heart and soul. It can be exhausting.

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I enjoy seeing how my friends - Proenza Schouler, Zac Posen, Rodarte - use clothes to create their vision and art.

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Costumes say a lot about a character. When it came to 'Palo Alto,' it was important for me that the kids didn't look perfect. In most teen movies today, all of the clothes are expensive. I remember wearing a lot of dirty vintage clothes.

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