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Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven. — Sofia Coppola

I've always loved clothes, especially handbags and shoes. I'd rather save my money on clothing and wear crap, but have the handbags and shoes. — Alicia Coppola

If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business. — Francis Ford Coppola

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

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

My dad told me, 'Your movie's never as good as the dailies and never as bad as the rough cut. — Sofia Coppola

I just worked with Sofia Coppola and that was amazing. I learned so much from her. I can't even describe how much fun I had. — Elle Fanning

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos. — Francis Ford Coppola

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess. — Francis Ford Coppola

Usually when I get nervous and don't know how to prepare for something, I just don't do anything at all, which is not necessarily the best idea. — Gia Coppola

Most directors have one masterpiece by which they are known. Kurosawa has at least eight or nine. — Francis Ford Coppola

The things you get fired for when you're young are the same things that you get lifetime achievement awards for when you're old. — Francis Ford Coppola

Now that I'm older, I have a much better appreciation of nature, and I love being alone. — Gia Coppola

'The Godfather' changed my life, for better or worse. It definitely made me have an older man's film career when I was 29. — Francis Ford Coppola

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. — Francis Ford Coppola

When I'm in London, Claridge's is a great favourite. I'm a big fan of art deco architecture and the rooms are extraordinary. — Roman Coppola

Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker. — Francis Ford Coppola

I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. — Francis Ford Coppola

I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant. — Francis Ford Coppola

I made this movie for $40,000, which was this little black-and-white horror film called Dementia 13, which we made in about nine days. — Francis Ford Coppola

Time is the lens through which dreams are captured. — Francis Ford Coppola

When you stop looking for something, you see it right in front of you. — Eleanor Coppola

Today's winemakers still worry about quality. — Francis Ford Coppola

I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it without asking anyone's permission. — Francis Ford Coppola

But who said art has to cost money? And therefore, who says artists have to make money? — Francis Ford Coppola

In high school, I didn't always relate to my friends. I was more of a spectator. — Gia Coppola

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. — Gia Coppola

I like simplicity; I don't need luxury. — Francis Ford Coppola

I always say this - As an actor, we're lucky to get a job. Then we're lucky that anybody gives a damn to watch the thing that we're in. — Alicia Coppola

Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up. — Francis Ford Coppola

I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories. — Francis Ford Coppola

I always knew my mom was a good actress. — Gia Coppola

If I'm not comfortable, I just look awkward. — Gia Coppola

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

Sometimes in writing you have difficult periods and then other times it just flows. — Roman Coppola

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

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. — Gia Coppola

My existence was never a Francis Ford Coppola existence. — Victoria Gotti

Anything that you think is wild or fun, or can't wait to see or show your friends, go for it. — Roman Coppola

Being a little naive can work to your advantage. — Gia Coppola

I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can. — Francis Ford Coppola

Chanel is a brand that is so inspiring. — Gia Coppola

There's a story that during the filming of Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola had a sign on his trailer: Fast, Cheap, Good: Pick Two. — Maria Semple

Women need to support women. — Gia Coppola

I've always been real close to film world. I love film, and I will do things in film, but music is more satisfying. It feels more like me. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one. — Gia Coppola

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. — Gia Coppola

My grandpa told me, 'Learn to love anxiety, because it never goes away in moviemaking.' — Gia Coppola

I never went to a psychologist or psychiatrist in my life. Never. You know, Italians are a little prejudiced against that kind of thing. — Francis Ford Coppola

I got exposed to so many different cultures and people. — Sofia Coppola

I learned from Francis Ford Coppola to treat the company like your family. — Mary Stuart Masterson

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

Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand. — Francis Ford Coppola

It was kind of intimidating to make a feature without that much experience. — Gia Coppola

I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.' — Francis Ford Coppola

By working in the morning, I find a sense of peace; it's isolated peace, but I can definitely be in touch with my feelings, and then I just start. — Francis Ford Coppola

Hong Kong is the supermarket of Asia. — Eleanor Coppola

When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question. — Sam Taylor-Johnson

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

I probably have genius. But no talent. — Francis Ford Coppola

For me, I am a huge fan of Sofia Coppola and Lynn Shelton. I love Lena Dunham, like everybody else. I love Kathryn Bigelow. — Diablo Cody

I grew up in San Francisco and moved to L.A. about 20 years ago, and now my main home is in Hollywood. — Roman Coppola

You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it. — Francis Ford Coppola

I love to play with the gadgets that come with film. — Gia Coppola

I love my family's films. — Gia Coppola

I'm definitely still putting effort into my lyrics, for them to be emotional and tell a story. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam. — Francis Ford Coppola

It's hard not to be impressed by my older relatives. — Gia Coppola

Drinking wine is just a part of life, like eating food. — Francis Ford Coppola

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. — Gia Coppola

It's great because all of my friends from elementary school are still my closest friends. — Gia Coppola

I've been very surprised by people asking me what my teenage experience was like. — Gia Coppola

One of the most important tools that a filmmaker has are his/her notes. — Francis Ford Coppola

The unexpected connections we make might not last, yet stay with us forever — Sofia Coppola

I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school. — Francis Ford Coppola

I always think upon Lee Strasberg with warmth, and reviewing his wisdom is a pleasure. — Francis Ford Coppola

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

The hardest thing on 'Palo Alto' was letting go because I kept working on it, trying to make it better. — Gia Coppola

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film. — Francis Ford Coppola

Anyone can create and put stuff out there, so then as viewers and listeners, we have access to a lot of different unique view points. — Gia Coppola

Everything I do is personal. I have never made a movie that didn't have very strong personal resonance. — Francis Ford Coppola

He calls me desperate (on my tombstone)
I hope poetic license will allow: HUNGRY — Eli Coppola

Movies are magical. Sometimes it just works, it catalyzes, and everything falls into place, and no one knows exactly how or why. — Roman Coppola

I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement. — Francis Ford Coppola

It seems that the greatest difficulty is to find the end. Don't try to find it, it's there already. — Sofia Coppola

I don't like being in front of the camera. — Gia Coppola

Most movies use older actors, but I thought, if I could just put kids on camera and get them to be themselves, what could be easier? — Gia Coppola

When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle. — Francis Ford Coppola

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

As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work. — Francis Ford Coppola

I think my favorite, and Coppola and that whole thing. East coast Italian directors I guess. — Anthony Michael Hall

I'm a pyro. I love exploding things. — Gia Coppola

Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea. — Francis Ford Coppola

It's hard for me to articulate myself. — Gia Coppola

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing. — Francis Ford Coppola

Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that I don't know anything about human nature. — Francis Ford Coppola

I definitely have had friendships and moments with people from different backgrounds and in different stages of their lives. — Sofia Coppola

I have a lot of game apps I need to delete. — Gia Coppola

You can't host an Italian film festival without Marcello Mastroianni. It just doesn't feel right. — Gia Coppola