Gian-Carla "Gia" Coppola (born January 1, 1987) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She is a granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola, and the daughter of Gian-Carlo Coppola. Read full biography of Gia Coppola →
I don't really wear makeup. I don't like the feeling of it. I just put mascara on, and that's kind of it.
I guess I knew my dad was into photography, so a part of me was interested in picking it up to understand him a little better.
I liked to drive around, just playing music for everyone.
I love Serge Lutens orange blossom perfume; my mom got it for me. It's my favorite. It just smells clean.
I think when you do things outside of what you're interested in, you meet people and get ideas to bring in to whatever it is you love doing the... →
I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I was bad - I'm not very coordinated. But I always wished I could have been a dancer.
I went to a private school, and I struggled academically. It was really disheartening to always be considered bad at that.
I'm Italian, so I need to get someone to wax my eyebrows, but I'm not so good at keeping it up.
I've always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites me.
Movies are a collaboration, I feel, so I didn't think of myself as an authoritative figure as much.
My family and I are so close, it's important to have a close knit relationship and to make time to spend with each other, especially at the... →
So many of the kids on television have really nice clothes, perfect skin and hair.
To a certain extent, I like fashion, but sometimes I just want to be comfortable and don't really care.
Gian-Carla "Gia" Coppola (born January 1, 1987) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She is a granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola, and the daughter of Gian-Carlo Coppola.