It bugs me when they have people my age [28] playing teenagers. Sofia Coppola More Quotes by Sofia Coppola More Quotes From Sofia Coppola I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think about the audience too much. Sofia Coppola tryingdirectorsthinking I just try to do what I'm interested in and hope that some people will connect. Sofia Coppola tryingpeople A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes. He'd be a good film professor. Sofia Coppola dadeditingideas There's something about being a teenager that's so sincere. Everything is more epic, like your first crush. I feel that it's not always portrayed very accurately. Sofia Coppola crushteenagerepic My father is so in love with making movies, and he'sso charismatic about it, that it's hard to be around him withoutwanting to make movies. Sofia Coppola charismatichardfather I always like to keep the budget as small as possible just to have the most freedom. Sofia Coppola budgets I love that feeling of when it's touching and it makes you happy but there's a melancholy or bittersweet glaze to it. Sofia Coppola bittersweettouchingfeelings My parents were always encouraging of us being creative however we wanted to be. People say, "You didn't get pressured into having to be a director?" But it's hard to be around my dad and not be curious about filmmaking, because he thinks it's the ultimate medium. Sofia Coppola dadpeoplethinking I always try to make the soundtrack a good CD on its own. Sofia Coppola trying I try to always be open to what the actors want to try. I don't storyboard and try to be intuitive and open on the day of filming. Sofia Coppola actorswanttrying I always remember my dad saying, "No one makes a remake unless they are trying to make money; there is no reason for it." It was not an honorable thing to do. Sofia Coppola dadremembertrying I like to write things to be personal, so I just put what I'm thinking about at the time. Sofia Coppola writingthinking I really didn't know what I wanted to do. I went to art school and tried a bunch of different things, but I knew I wanted to do something in the visual arts. And I'd always been around my dad's film sets, so the interest was there. But I didn't have the guts to say, "I want to be a director," especially coming from that family. Sofia Coppola dadartschool When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually. Sofia Coppola filmstoriesthinking Everyone in my family is in the film business; I knew I wanted to be creative and it was important in my family to be artistic. Sofia Coppola artisticimportantcreative You're considered superficial and silly if you are interested in fashion....But I think you can be substantial and still be interested in frivolity. Sofia Coppola fashionsillythinking Ever since I was little, I've felt very comfortable on a set. The time is stressful - being creative under time constraints. But there is an excitement and energy that you only have a certain amount of time to get what you want. Sofia Coppola energycreativewant I think I'm always drawn to projects that help me understand something about myself. Sofia Coppola help-mehelpingthinking I never studied directing and I never really thought about doing it, and then I just found myself in that situation and tried it. I like to be observing everything else, and I get self-conscious in front of the camera. Sofia Coppola camerasconsciousself My dad told me, 'Your movie's never as good as the dailies and never as bad as the rough cut. Sofia Coppola my-daddadcutting
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