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Sofia Coppola Explains How Her Mom Was Just as Influential on Her Creatively as Her Famous Dad, Francis Ford Coppola · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Being the daughter of a claimed filmmaker, Francis Fort Coppola,
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Speaker 2: Sofia Coppola was clearly influenced by him, becoming a celebrated
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Speaker 2: director in her own right. But her new movie Priscilla
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Speaker 2: is about the wife of Elvis Presley and tackles in
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Speaker 2: part living under the shadow of your partner. And Sophia
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Speaker 2: spoke to Deadline about how her own mother dealt with
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Speaker 2: a similar dynamic but also is just as influential on
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Speaker 2: Sophia's creativity as her famous father. She says, my mom
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Speaker 2: definitely made a big impact making this movie. I was
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Speaker 2: thinking about her. I know that she struggled with having
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Speaker 2: a creative life of her own and was expected to
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Speaker 2: be a mother and a wife. Those are the priorities.
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Speaker 2: My mom is more of a quiet observer, which I
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Speaker 2: think I've taken from her into my work. That aspect
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Speaker 2: of her personality I've inherited. People don't see it as much,
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Speaker 2: but I feel lucky that I have sides of my
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Speaker 2: personality that come from each of my parents. Sofia Coppola
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Speaker 2: on the impact of her mother on her creativity. Her
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Speaker 2: latest Priscilla, is out in theaters now
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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.