Words matter. These are the best Roman Coppola Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I like things that are hand made – but personally for a man, I’m not interested in fashion that evolves with time. I like things to be the same. For a woman I think it’s fantastic to have things that are different – it’s like a flower where every season there’s some new exotic bloom.
A movie that I’m involved with and have a lot of love for, which is ‘On The Road,’ does use a lot of handheld. It can be done beautifully. I’m proud of that. It’s a very beautiful movie.
Relationship movies are often made for a female audience.
Japan is the most intoxicating place for me. In Kyoto, there’s an inn called the Tawaraya which is quite extraordinary. The Japanese culture fascinates me: the food, the dress, the manners and the traditions. It’s the travel experience that has moved me the most.
I love ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ and I love ‘Bugsy Malone.’ I haven’t seen ‘Bedknobs and Broomsticks’ in a long time, but I remember loving it as a kid.
The short film project I just finished for W Hotels and Intel, I didn’t have my script finished until a few days before we began filming. We edited it very quickly and now it’s up online. It was great to conceive an idea and have it premiere just a few weeks later, compared to a feature, which takes a year or more.
Years go by. I go here, I go there, I have all sorts of adventures, and then I look back and say, ‘Wow that’s kind of an unusual way to live your life.’
Don’t imitate. Write what you know about, that has to be your goal.
When I’m in London, Claridge’s is a great favourite. I’m a big fan of art deco architecture and the rooms are extraordinary.
Sometimes in writing you have difficult periods and then other times it just flows.
The director is the ultimate creative arbiter of what’s going to happen. And as a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want.
Anything that you think is wild or fun, or can’t wait to see or show your friends, go for it.
I grew up in San Francisco and moved to L.A. about 20 years ago, and now my main home is in Hollywood.
It’s not just people in Hollywood: I’m sure everyone in the world thinks, ‘What would be it like if I won an Oscar?’
I’m a writer and director, and the movie I’ve seen a million times is ‘Stardust Memories’ by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen and Charlotte Rampling.
On ‘Darjeeling,’ I was on set every day and I acted as the second unit director and a producer on that film. I was there throughout the whole process. On ‘Moonrise Kingdom,’ I showed up for one day.
Film is like eating to me. It feels completely natural.
To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.
I’m a curious person. I pursue things based on what sparks my interest. I’m not thinking about what role I play. I don’t have to be a movie director or this or that. I just want to be part of projects and places that are of interest to me.
I’ve been enjoying ‘Life on the Mississippi’ by Mark Twain that I picked up at the airport randomly. It’s very witty and interesting to read about his time as a steamboat pilot.
