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 haven't acted in 10 years. I always talk about being an actor, and yet I've been focusing on making movies for… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I don't think the purpose of movies is to tell people how to live their lives. — 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
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
I think there used to be more respect toward young people in movies. John Hughes really respects his characters and they're given… — 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
Actually, Nicole Holofcener's movies have always felt really right to me. 'Lovely & Amazing' is a movie about women's bodies that I… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
For the same reason I want to make movies about women, I also want to make movies that help men be better… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I do think there's probably a little more opportunity to direct in television, because there are just so many TV shows. In… — 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
One of the movies I know affected me was 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch.' I remember feeling like it was such a… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I never thought I was going to make a movie about men. I've always thought we don't have enough movies about women,… — 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
