Sofia Coppola

I got exposed to so many different cultures and people.

— Sofia Coppola

It’s always more intriguing to imagine what’s happening, as opposed to seeing everything, because then you can use your imagination. I always…

— Sofia Coppola

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

My movies are not about being, but becoming.

— Sofia Coppola

I've always written my own scripts, I really like doing everything from the beginning and taking it all the way through, I've…

— Sofia Coppola

When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very…

— Sofia Coppola

I learned that from my dad: you put your heart into something, you have to protect it, what you're making.

— Sofia Coppola

Of course I am proud of my dad and where I come from, but I do have my own way of working…

— Sofia Coppola

You're considered superficial and silly if you are interested in fashion....But I think you can be substantial and still be interested in…

— Sofia Coppola

I really didn't know what I wanted to do. I went to art school and tried a bunch of different things, but…

— Sofia Coppola

With writing, I need a lot of time to sit around and do nothing. But now that I have kids, I just…

— Sofia Coppola

I think I'm always drawn to projects that help me understand something about myself.

— Sofia Coppola

I never studied directing and I never really thought about doing it, and then I just found myself in that situation and…

— Sofia Coppola

I never get myself in a situation where I don't have creative freedom.

— Sofia Coppola

My mom is very calm and quiet, so I think I got that from her. Because my dad is passionate and loud...…

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I wanted to make a love story without being nerdy.

— Sofia Coppola

I always like to keep the budget as small as possible just to have the most freedom.

— Sofia Coppola

Thats the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.

— Sofia Coppola

I had a teacher when I was in college, and he was the first person who liked my photos and said, 'The…

— 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

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…

— Sofia Coppola

I like to write things to be personal, so I just put what I'm thinking about at the time.

— Sofia Coppola

I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think…

— Sofia Coppola

I just remember seventh grade as being really difficult, because there's nothing meaner than a girl at that age. You gang up…

— Sofia Coppola

A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes.…

— Sofia Coppola