Quotes by Gia Coppola

About Gia Coppola:

Gian-Carla "Gia" Coppola is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She is a granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola, the daughter of Gian-Carlo Coppola and the niece of Sofia Coppola.
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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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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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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 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 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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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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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 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 love Serge Lutens orange blossom perfume; my mom got it for me. It's my favorite. It just smells clean.

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

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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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Author Bio

  • NameGia Coppola
  • DescriptionAmerican actor and director
  • BornJanuary 1, 1987
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Playwright; Actor