The Talks: Sofia Coppola

A must read interview, Sofia Coppola on thetalks.com. Check out their other interviews with Patti Smith, Mick Jagger and Valentino too!

Ms. Coppola, Michael Douglas once said that for the first fifteen years of his career he felt like he was “damned to success” just because of his father. Is that a feeling that you understand following your father’s footsteps as a filmmaker?

I think as a daughter you don’t feel as much pressure because it is less expected of you in a way. I didn’t feel much pressure at all and developed my own voice pretty early on. Of course I am proud of my dad and where I come from but I do have my own way of working, my own style.

Did your father teach you?

No. I mean he always talked to me about filmmaking and screenwriting from an early age but I think it was more what was exciting to him than wanting to teach that to his children.