San Francisco, April 12, 2011 -- In a rare public speaking appearance, Eleanor Coppola took the center stage of Oberlin Dance Company (ODC) Theater today in order to share some of her personal experiences in documentary filmmaking to an audience of around 150 creative professionals, mostly women.

"If you can channel the best part of you that is bigger than yourself where it’s not about your ego and not about getting ahead, then you can have fun and you aren’t jealous of others.  You see other people's talent as another branch of your own.  You can keep it rooted in joy...Life is long and there are plenty of opportunities to make mistakes.  The point of it all is to learn."

-Ethan Hawke