Sofia Coppola Quotes
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I like amateur things.
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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.
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Having a kid, it makes you slow down; when you're walking with a toddler to pick up a leaf it can take a half hour. You've never spent that time looking at a leaf before, having that kind of interaction. So I think it does make you change the way you look things.
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I'm always a sucker for a love story.
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I think anything you do that's different, that doesn't take the typical approach, invites differing opinions.
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I like telling the story in a visual way. I don't like explaining a lot in dialogue.
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I wanted to make a love story without being nerdy.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I love that feeling of when it's touching and it makes you happy but there's a melancholy or bittersweet glaze to it.
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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.
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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.
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Generally I just pick music that I like. That's the part I really enjoy: When I get permission for the songs I want and put them into the scenes. It's always hard when you're doing a low-budget film, so it's great when you can get all the music you want to get.
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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.
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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.
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I like to write things to be personal, so I just put what I'm thinking about at the time.
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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.
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I learned that from my dad: you put your heart into something, you have to protect it, what you're making.
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I always like to keep the budget as small as possible just to have the most freedom.
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Thats the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.
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When I was working on the music for this I didn't want to just use pop songs as the score - most movies do it and I've done it before.
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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.
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I never get myself in a situation where I don't have creative freedom.