Gia Coppola Quotes

Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failing, you do want your film to be seen, to communicate itself to other people.

I just see myself as a guy who's trying to make a film or, make art.

Making art is different for everyone.

I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.

I mean, '8½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity.

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

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.

'Rocket Science' is really where I fell in love with filmmaking, I think 'Camp' was incredible, but it was so bizarre, and I was trying to find my footing in this world where you don't have an audience for immediate validation.

No two directors make the same film the same way.

I guess I have a fascination with the idea of puppeteering. I think, in a lot of ways, directing is puppeteering. I guess I see a lot of analogies between what puppeteers and filmmakers do.

I thought Mia Hansen-Love was a true auteur, and I always wanted to work with her. Mia's empathy for her characters and her ability to use the language of cinema to communicate real human depth is extraordinary. She's a humanist.

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

Filmmaking is like any kind of art form. You have to try to figure it out, and you're going to do that by trying.

Every film is a human encounter. It's people trying to collaborate and create something together.

Every director has a sensibility and style, and what works is his originality and conviction.

All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.

I would say that all my films have more content than a 'content-driven film.' It is not easy to make such films.

Everything I do with BLK DNM is more personal than anything I have done before. I've worked hard to go deeper in my true intuition, and therefore I am definitely more pure in my personal taste than ever.

I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is.

The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. It's not as though its a study of fear or any of that stuff.

I have 30 years of experience working with Leos Carax, so all the films of Leos Carax are unusual or unique. I look at them as a journey: a journey which is very personal to Leos.

Always when you are doing films, the themes swallow you in one way or another.

Music runs through everything I do - I even think musically; even when I was acting, but, especially, when I am directing. Directing is very musical.

My two great loves when I'm shooting are working with great actors and composing images.

I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life.