Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola
Sofia Carmina Coppola is an American screenwriter, director, producer and actress. In 2003, she received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the comedy-drama Lost in Translation, and became the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. In 2010, with the drama Somewhere, she became the first American womanto win the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. Her father is director, producer and screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth14 May 1971
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
It bugs me when they have people my age [28] playing teenagers.
Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven.
We were always around my dad, so he wasn't absentee at all. I don't think it was normal, but it was exciting. You always had lots of creative people around, and my parents took us everywhere.
I wanted to make a love story without being nerdy.
I think I'm always drawn to projects that help me understand something about myself.
It’s always more intriguing to imagine what’s happening, as opposed to seeing everything, because then you can use your imagination. I always wanted to be at a distance.
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.
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.
I got exposed to so many different cultures and people.
I like to write things to be personal, so I just put what I'm thinking about at the time.
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.
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.
My dad told me, 'Your movie's never as good as the dailies and never as bad as the rough cut.
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.