When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually. Sofia Coppola More Quotes by Sofia Coppola More Quotes From Sofia Coppola It’s about misunderstandings between people and places, being disconnected and looking for moments of connection. There are so many moments in life when people don’t say what they mean, when they are just missing each other, waiting to run into each other in a hallway. Sofia Coppola missing-someonerunninglife When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very close to what I set out to do. And I'm super-opinionated about what I do and don't like. Sofia Coppola motivationalinspirationalworld I like telling the story in a visual way. I don't like explaining a lot in dialogue. Sofia Coppola explainingstoriesway I think being mediocre and in the middle would be the worst. It's more interesting to get strong reactions, and to have the mixture of people who get it and the people who don't get it. And to invite a dialogue. Sofia Coppola strongpeoplethinking My movies are not about being, but becoming. Sofia Coppola becoming The unexpected connections we make might not last, yet stay with us forever Sofia Coppola connectionsforevermight It's about moments in life that are great but don't last. They don't go on, but you always have the memory and they have an effect on you. That's what I was thinking about. Sofia Coppola goes-onmemoriesthinking I feel like the internet has encouraged people to look into things and try to find issuesthat because people have a lot of opinions. I think it's really important to encourage artistic freedom. I think if you inhibit that, that could be dangerous. Sofia Coppola importantpeoplethinking Forget the audience, make what you want to see Sofia Coppola what-you-wantwantforget It seems that the greatest difficulty is to find the end. Don't try to find it, it's there already. Sofia Coppola difficultyendstrying I really wanted to emphasize the idea of the women being isolated and abandoned . . . and they weren't raised to take care of themselves, so they had to learn to survive. Sofia Coppola abandonedtake-carecare You don't have to be loud. If you know what you want, people respect that. Sofia Coppola loudwantpeople Thats the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see. Sofia Coppola imaginetryingway I'm always a sucker for a love story. Sofia Coppola suckerlove-storystories I just remember seventh grade as being really difficult, because there's nothing meaner than a girl at that age. You gang up on people, and it's traumatic. It wasn't so bad for me, but there's a woman I know who's still traumatized by junior high. At that age, everything seems like a huge deal, but of course that changes when you get older. Sofia Coppola being-realgirlpeople For everyone, there are those moments when you have great days with someone you wouldn't expect to. Then you have to go back to your real lives, but it makes an impression on you. Sofia Coppola have-a-great-daymomentsreal It’s always more intriguing to imagine what’s happening, as opposed to seeing everything, because then you can use your imagination. I always wanted to be at a distance. Sofia Coppola distanceimaginationuse I learned that from my dad: you put your heart into something, you have to protect it, what you're making. Sofia Coppola my-daddadheart I never get myself in a situation where I don't have creative freedom. Sofia Coppola creative-freedomsituationcreative Making films is like making stuff together as kids. Sofia Coppola togetherstuffkids
