You can't host an Italian film festival without Marcello Mastroianni. It just doesn't feel right.
I normally wear jeans and sneakers, but given an occasion, I enjoy dressing up.
Most people think of Las Vegas, and they think of extravagance. But it's really a mix between fantasy and laziness.
I love Serge Lutens orange blossom perfume; my mom got it for me. It's my favorite. It just smells clean.
Movies are a collaboration, I feel, so I didn't think of myself as an authoritative figure as much.
I didn't go to film school. My Grampa always says just watch a lot of movies. He didn't go to film school; he went to theatre school. It's interesting to learn about the technical side of it, but I think it's more important to learn about writing and working with actors.
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 most.
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've always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites me.
After college, I drove across the country twice with friends. It was one of the most fascinating experiences of my life. I find it really inspiring seeing the country that way.
I liked to drive around, just playing music for everyone.
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.
When I was younger, I had pink underneath my hair, and I got detention. I went to an all-girls school where you wore a uniform, and pink hair was not OK.
I'm Italian, so I need to get someone to wax my eyebrows, but I'm not so good at keeping it up.
I studied photography at Bard, but I just felt tired of it. Someone asked me to be in a video but didn't want to be in it, so they told me to make my own, and that seemed more fun to me.
To a certain extent, I like fashion, but sometimes I just want to be comfortable and don't really care.
I don't like shopping, so I'll look online. I like going to the flea market at the Rose Bowl every once in a while. I like the same stores, Opening Ceremony and APC.
I enjoy fashion photography and textiles, that whole aspect of it. As more of an art form, I like Proenza Schouler. Those guys are really cool because they seem to have an interesting approach to it all.
We definitely have to support other female directors because there's not enough of us.
I think what's so great about making your first feature film is that you're so naive in some ways; you don't know what to expect, and you don't question things as much because you're just trying to figure it out as you go.
