Sofia Coppola says she knows a project is value making whenever it scares her

Sofia Coppola says she motionless feels nervous whenever she starts a new movie, but considers that fear part of what makes the activity meaningful.

During an appearance on the "Happy Hour alongside Ina Garten" podcast on Wednesday, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker stated she has "no idea" how a new movie volition arrive together whenever she archetypal starts operating on it.

"It's continually scary — and person told me it's not worthwhile unless it's scary, since you're invested in it," Coppola told presenter Ina Garten.

"It's a thrill," Coppola added.

Garten stated she, too, sees discomfort as a sign a project is value taking on: "If it doesn't keep me up at night, I don't desire to do it."

Coppola stated she sees no item in doing item that doesn't difficulty her, equal if starting a new movie can depart her emotion akin she has to discover her footing all complete again.

The doubt never really goes away, she said: "You're continually like, 'What if it's a disaster?'"

However, formerly manufacturing begins, Coppola stated she becomes absorbed in bringing her imagination to existence alongside the crew.

"But afterward I'm so fixated on what I have in my intellect and seeing that arrive together, the fun of making it and getting together alongside the squad to create it," she said. "It's so collaborative."

Coppola additionally stated she avoids study bad reviews, although she lately came throughout a box of negative reviews of her 2006 movie "Marie Antoinette."

"It's so fun that it survived and established a new spectators that likes it," she said.

Coppola has earlier spoken concerning dealing alongside self-doubt.

In a March NPR interview concerning her documentary on manner decorator Marc Jacobs, Coppola stated she could connect to his worries as he prepared for a runway display since she was "going through the identical exact thing" during making the film.

However, she stated having several self-doubt can be useful: "I don't rely anyone that doesn't have a small self-doubt. I think you need a small to keep you on your toes."

Other high-profile figures have likewise stated they see doubt as an chance to grow.

In January 2024, Barbara Corcoran stated that emotion akin an impostor had fueled her success, since it pushed her to activity harder and, in the process, build confidence.

"My achievement is entirely because of my insecurity," she said.

In October 2024, Anna Kendrick stated she felt likewise out of her degree whenever she thrown to straightforward Netflix's true-crime movie "Woman of the Hour." After her archetypal pitch, the producers asked her to try again the next day alongside additional confidence.

"They knew that I was faking it. They have told me to counterfeit it, and they motionless were like, 'Well, that female seems akin a leader. Let's employ her,'" Kendrick said.