Gia Coppola Quotes

I could be just a writer very easily. I am not a writer. I am a screenwriter, which is half a filmmaker... But it is not an art form, because screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.

Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you.

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

I just make movies and hope people appreciate them.

When I'm making a movie, it's making use of my creative juices, and it fills me up with what really is - I think my purpose here is to tell stories.

You know what's it's changed is my appreciate for the art form of making cinema. I don't want to act as much as I want to tell stories. I want to be a part of the whole collective and pull all of the pieces together. That's what I love about directing.

I was just trying to make a nice little movie... It wasn't until I saw it all put together that I realized this was something remarkable.

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.

Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.

I just want to make movies. I really love movies. I want to be involved with them.

A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again.

I think of making a movie in such a romantic way.

I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one.

I love making movies.

Filmmaking can be a fine art.

You're always just trying to make your film, tell the story you're trying to tell - best you can, you know.

Film shouldn't be a pain. It's a creative process.

When I was around 12 or so, I saw 'The Shining.' I just remember that being a turning point for me, where I started to think about the fact that there was a hand behind the film. That it wasn't just this magical story being told - there were actual people crafting these films, and they were works of art.

I have realised there are so many stories which can be told beautifully on screen. It's important to be part of such films.

It seems so cliched and obvious, but write the movie you want to see in the theater.

I don't make projects; I make films.

I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.

Filmmaking is a creative process so there is a lot of collaboration that happens on set between an actor and director, but at the end of the day, we're there to actualize the director's vision and things happen organically.