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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

I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic. — Francis Ford 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

A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself. — Francis Ford 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

There's nothing creative about living within your means. — Francis Ford Coppola

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

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 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

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

It's not just people in Hollywood: I'm sure everyone in the world thinks, 'What would be it like if I won an Oscar?' — Roman 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

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

It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important. — Francis Ford Coppola

I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me. — Francis Ford 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

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

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

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

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

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 there's always this idea in your head, but you have to allow the film to take its own course. — Gia Coppola

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be. — Francis Ford Coppola

Movie-wise, there is nothing I wouldn't do again. It's not possible to make one perfect movie every time. — Francis Ford Coppola

There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children. — Francis Ford Coppola

I'm always really impressed when a movie can function like a novel does - that's so hard to do. — Gia Coppola

There is always something I gain from watching a movie, whether it's a silly romantic comedy or an art film. — Gia Coppola

We teach our boys to firebomb villages, but we won't let them write fuck on the side of their planes because it's obscene. — Francis Ford Coppola

That's the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see. — Sofia Coppola

Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most. — Francis Ford Coppola

Honestly, this will never happen because she's so much classier than me, but I would love to work with Sofia Coppola. — Diablo Cody

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. — Gia Coppola

In Italy, there are a lot of Coppolas - it's like being called Jones. No one really notices. — Gia Coppola

I just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It's astonishing. I always wished that I could do that. — Francis Ford Coppola

"Lost in Translation" by Sofia Coppola. It's a masterpiece. I laughed a lot but was also overwhelmed by the story - a rare combination. — Emmanuelle Bercot

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

Movies are the art form most like man's imagination. — Francis Ford Coppola

In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer. — Francis Ford Coppola

I love all the movies by director John Hughes. I also love John Landis's movies. — Robert Coppola Schwartzman

I watched a lot of movies about teenagers, including 'The Last Picture Show,' 'American Graffiti,' 'Rumblefish.' It's one of my favorite genres. — Gia Coppola

I love Serge Lutens orange blossom perfume; my mom got it for me. It's my favorite. It just smells clean. — Gia Coppola

It's tricky to take a book of short stories and turn it into a feature film. — Gia Coppola

I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. — Francis Ford Coppola

Wine is so much more than a beverage. It's a romance, a story, a drama-all of those things that are basically putting on a show. — Francis Ford Coppola

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hong Kong is the supermarket of Asia. — Eleanor Coppola

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

I'm a pyro. I love exploding things. — Gia 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 realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.' — 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

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

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

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

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