I was really nervous working with actors, since I come from a photography background.
— Gia Coppola
I remember having crushes and longings, but there were all these missed opportunities or things that seemed like such a big deal, but you really don't understand what the other person is going through.
I've only ever taken a playwriting class, but I like creative writing and writing screenplays.
I just remember that pivotal moment when you're a young adult, and you realize that these authority figures are human beings, too, and they're figuring out their lives just as you are, and they're flawed.
Being a little naive can work to your advantage.
Costumes say a lot about a character. When it came to 'Palo Alto,' it was important for me that the kids didn't look perfect. In most teen movies today, all of the clothes are expensive. I remember wearing a lot of dirty vintage clothes.
With my aunt, I definitely can relate to how she makes a movie because she does it with her own demeanor, which isn't this loud presence.
Chanel is a brand that is so inspiring.
My mentor in college was Stephen Shore. I loved his color palettes and his taking mundane things but finding them fascinating.
I love working with other people and bouncing ideas off them.
I really learned a lot when I worked on my grandpa's film 'Twixt' and got to be with him start to finish and sit next to him every day. That was my film school.
We definitely have to support other female directors because there's not enough of us.
I don't like shopping, so I'll look online. I like going to the flea market at the Rose Bowl every once in a while. I like the same stores, Opening Ceremony and APC.
I'm Italian, so I need to get someone to wax my eyebrows, but I'm not so good at keeping it up.
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.
After college, I drove across the country twice with friends. It was one of the most fascinating experiences of my life. I find it really inspiring seeing the country that way.
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.
'Virgin Suicides' was such a big movie to me as a teenage girl. It blew me away.
I'm not so vocal. I try to get loud, but my voice will just crack or something.
I don't like being in front of the camera.
Making a movie is a lot of problem solving.
The teenage years are such a great subject because everything is heightened and on the surface, and it deals with universal emotions that we face even as we get older.
I enjoy seeing how my friends - Proenza Schouler, Zac Posen, Rodarte - use clothes to create their vision and art.
If I'm not comfortable, I just look awkward.
When I graduated, I felt a little burned out on taking pictures after so many years of churning out so many for classes.
I always knew my mom was a good actress.
I went to a private school, and I struggled academically. It was really disheartening to always be considered bad at that.
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.
I love so many directors. I love David O. Russell. I love David Fincher, I love Alexander Payne and Jane Campion and my aunt. Spike Jonze. There are just so many amazing directors.
To a certain extent, I like fashion, but sometimes I just want to be comfortable and don't really care.
When I was younger, I had pink underneath my hair, and I got detention. I went to an all-girls school where you wore a uniform, and pink hair was not OK.
As a teenager, I wanted to be sophisticated and avant-garde, and I was really judgmental. But when you're a teenager, you're fearless because you don't know the repercussions to anything.
I've always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites me.
I didn't go to film school. My Grampa always says just watch a lot of movies. He didn't go to film school; he went to theatre school. It's interesting to learn about the technical side of it, but I think it's more important to learn about writing and working with actors.
When I went to college, my mum was really sad, so she preserved my bedroom, like a weird time capsule.
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.
I love to play with the gadgets that come with film.
I think there's always this idea in your head, but you have to allow the film to take its own course.
I watched a lot of movies about teenagers, including 'The Last Picture Show,' 'American Graffiti,' 'Rumblefish.' It's one of my favorite genres.
I love making movies. But it's a lot of investing your heart and soul. It can be exhausting.
Most people think of Las Vegas, and they think of extravagance. But it's really a mix between fantasy and laziness.
I like the camera to be still and not very shaky and have everything happen within the frame.
I knew I wanted to make a movie that hadn't really existed in a while in terms of being a teenager.
So many of the kids on television have really nice clothes, perfect skin and hair.
I think what's so great about making your first feature film is that you're so naive in some ways; you don't know what to expect, and you don't question things as much because you're just trying to figure it out as you go.
I enjoy fashion photography and textiles, that whole aspect of it. As more of an art form, I like Proenza Schouler. Those guys are really cool because they seem to have an interesting approach to it all.
I studied photography at Bard, but I just felt tired of it. Someone asked me to be in a video but didn't want to be in it, so they told me to make my own, and that seemed more fun to me.
I love Serge Lutens orange blossom perfume; my mom got it for me. It's my favorite. It just smells clean.
I liked to drive around, just playing music for everyone.
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.
