I don't think the purpose of movies is to tell people how to live their lives. — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
My advice for anyone wanting to direct is that nobody is going to hand you an opportunity. You have to create your… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
When I do interviews about movies I direct, I often talk about how my superpower as a director is that I'm an… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
Being a good actor is incredibly difficult. But the amount of responsibility is so much less on your shoulders than directing. — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I'm not the type of person who can be a director for hire, I have to find my own way into it. — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
You want to make movies about extraordinary people, but those extraordinary people have to have a huge journey. — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I love movies where the explosions and fireworks are happening inside someone's heart and mind instead of outside. — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I guess I always view movies as, in their best form, connecting us more to each other and to humanity. — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I don't look like the way we've painted directors in our movies and everything since forever. I don't look like an old… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
It's advice I always give to directors when they're starting out: Take an acting class to really see what it feels like… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I remember thinking when I set out to direct my movie that it was all about lenses and the shots you were… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
The beauty of film is that you can get closer than you can in theater, you know? I come from theater, and… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
When you're directing, you look around and you think, everything I see is my responsibility. From the catering being on time to… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
Becoming a writer, and then a director, was taking my creative life in my own hands, and wanting to have stories that… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
It feels like there are two very different parts to making movies. There's the making of it and then there's the putting… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I think acting helps me as a director no matter what. There is something about being reminded about the vulnerability it takes… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I think there used to be more respect toward young people in movies. John Hughes really respects his characters and they're given their emotional… — Marielle Heller Copy Share
I remember my grandmother's husband dying. But I think I was older. I think I was 7 or 8 when he died. But I… — Marielle Heller Copy Share
My normal way of filming something is, like, one camera, very well planned out, knowing exactly how we're going to get each shot. — Marielle Heller Copy Share
You live in an apartment in New York, and you think all the time about like, 'I don't even know who's living above me.'… — Marielle Heller Copy Share
I spent most of my 20s working as an actor. I started writing and directing because I was frustrated with the types of roles… — Marielle Heller Copy Share
I'm getting more and more used to the fact that being a director and being a woman are two things that everyone wants to… — Marielle Heller Copy Share
I don't really believe that all theater needs to be filmed - for some things, the special part of live theater is that it… — Marielle Heller Copy Share
I do think there's probably a little more opportunity to direct in television, because there are just so many TV shows. In movies, it… — Marielle Heller Copy Share
One of the boring tricks about capturing Broadway onscreen, actually, is just about all the different unions. — Marielle Heller Copy Share
Why do so many women drop out of the workforce at this age, in our late 30s, early 40s? Well, often it's because we're… — Marielle Heller Copy Share
I just have no interest in making a biopic. No offence to biopics, it's just not where my mind goes. — Marielle Heller Copy Share
As women we are very accustomed to putting ourselves in the shoes of male leads. — Marielle Heller Copy Share
I remember the first time somebody classified me as a feminist. I was in fourth grade. And I remember thinking, 'Oh, is that what… — Marielle Heller Copy Share
Just make things, and find people you love working with. If you're working on something you truly love and are passionate about, you will… — Marielle Heller Copy Share
