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Roman Coppola

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Film director

Born on April 22, 1965, Roman Coppola is a talented film director known for his unique artistic style and profound understanding of the art of cinema. His works range from independent films to commercial blockbusters, showcasing his distinctive narrative and visual artistry.

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“The more you travel, the better you get at it.”

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“As a director myself, you want to have colleagues and collaborators that respect your authority as the director. I'm very comfortable with that, and I've done a lot of work in second unit.”

Want Done Directors Authority Comfortable Units Colleagues Collaborators

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“Movies are very expensive endeavors, and my first film was not particularly a money-maker. Quite the opposite.”

Firsts Film Opposites Expensive Endeavor Makers Money Maker

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“I feel like I am very drawn to the short form stuff because it's just fun to be making something, and then, a week later, it's out. I will always be drawn to that kind of thing.”

Feels Kind Form Fun Stuff Week

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“I would like to do more feature work. I intend to do that. To be really honest, it's an economic thing because when you make a film that doesn't make what it cost back, it's very difficult to get back in the ring.”

Film Difficult Economic Honest Cost Rings Features Get Back

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“As a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want.”

People Trying Helping Appreciate

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“Dont imitate. Write what you know about, that has to be your goal.”

Knows Writing Goal

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“To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.”

Difficult Difficult Things Stamina

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“Anything that you think is wild or fun, or can't wait to see or show your friends, go for it.”

Thinking Shows Fun Waiting

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“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.”

Thinking Men Made Different Hands Fashion Flower Seasons Fantastic Evolve Not Interested Exotic

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“Film is like eating to me. It feels completely natural.”

Feels Film Natural Eating

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“I grew up in San Francisco and moved to L.A. about 20 years ago, and now my main home is in Hollywood.”

Years Home Grew Grew Up Years Ago Hollywood Moved San Francisco

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“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?”

People Ifs Thinking World Would Be Hollywood Oscars

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“Movies are magical. Sometimes it just works, it catalyzes, and everything falls into place, and no one knows exactly how or why.”

Knows Sometimes Fall Working It Fall Into Place Everything Falls Into Place

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“Relationship movies are often made for a female audience.”

Made Audience Female

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“Sometimes in writing you have difficult periods and then other times it just flows.”

Writing Sometimes Difficult Periods Flow

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“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.”

Art Bigs Rooms Fans Extraordinary London Architecture Favourite Art Deco

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“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.”

Doe Done Use Beautiful Proud Involved Very Beautiful

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“I am very much a person who appreciates perennial things. Things like a Lacoste shirt, a Clarks desert boot, Persol sunglasses and Vans shoes that have been the same forever. There are certain things that once you find it, you like it and it's done. I like Italian clothing, like suits from Battistoni and I have a shirt by Piero Albertelli.”

Persons Has Beens Done Certain Forever Appreciate Shoes Suits Desert Shirts Italian Clothings Boots Vans You Like It Sunglasses

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“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.”

Long Kids Remember Havens Long Time Bangs Broomsticks

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“I really value distinctive movies, movies that feel that they came from a person that was really something that they had conceived and they made and is a reflection of who they are.”

Feels Persons Made Values Reflection Distinctive

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“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.”

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“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.”

Memories Millions Directors Woody Stardust Charlotte

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“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.”

Enjoy Interesting Mark Witty Pilots Enjoy Life Airports Mississippi Steamboats Very Witty

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“In my films that I've directed, and my work in commercials and videos, I've rarely used handheld. It's just not something I'm drawn to, but I've seen it done very well.”

Wells Done Film Used Video

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“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.”

Culture Tradition Dresses Moved Extraordinary Manners Japan Inns Kyoto Japanese Culture Travel Experience

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“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.”

Whole Film Process One Day Directors Kingdoms Producers Units

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“Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.”

Home Beautiful Dad Towns My Dad Hotel My Sister Home Town

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“That's a hobby of mine - to do whatever I can for unusual for-hire creative projects. I am waiting for someone to really challenge me - obviously I'm often approached to do film related work, but I would be very happy to design a bar or an amusement park ride. I would love to be an imagineer!”

I Can Would Be Film Waiting Challenges Creative Design Mines Projects Bars Related Parks Unusual Hobbies Very Happy Amusement Amusement Parks

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“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.”

People Want Needs Trying Helping Happens Creative Directors Appreciate Ultimate What You Want Collaborating Arbiter

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“The more you travel, the better you get at it. It sounds silly, but with experience you learn how to pack the right way. I remember one of my first trips abroad, travelling around Europe by rail, fresh out of high school. I brought all these books with me and a paint set. I really had too much stuff, so I've learnt to be more economical.”

Way Firsts Book School Remember Stuff Sound Too Much High School Europe Paint Silly Packs Right Way Rail

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Born: April 22, 1965
Known for: Film director
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