Quotes from Gia Coppola

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.

I'm not so vocal. I try to get loud, but my voice will just crack or something.

If I'm not comfortable, I just look awkward.

I wanted to be a bartender for a bit.

I love working with other people and bouncing ideas off them.

I get to collaborate and tell stories with moving photographs.

I'm so drawn to photography because you can convey a complex story in a single frame.

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 was really nervous working with actors, since I come from a photography background.

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.

In California, where you're allowed to drive at 16, you get so much freedom with that. It's a freedom to get outside of your parents' house and to do bad things.

I liked to drive around, just playing music for everyone.

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

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

Movies are a collaboration, I feel, so I didn't think of myself as an authoritative figure as much.

If I were to save one possession in a fire, it would have to be my dad's camera, an old, broken Nikon. I always keep it with me - his personal things mean a lot.

I've only ever taken a playwriting class, but I like creative writing and writing screenplays.

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 remember people - not my family - always asking, 'Oh, so are you going to make movies when you're older?' I felt pressured, and that always kind of deterred me.

I have a lot of game apps I need to delete.

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

I'm a pyro. I love exploding things.

To a certain extent, I like fashion, but sometimes I just want to be comfortable and don't really care.

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.