I do think there's a weird stigma where people probably think that female directors are a risk. — 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 don't think the purpose of movies is to tell people how to live their lives. — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I feel some responsibility, being one of the few women directors who are being given opportunities. Sometimes, that makes me want to… — 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 hate the narrative that people have to be tortured in order to be good artists. I think it's a solipsistic view… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
It's funny because you start watching Mister Rogers so young, it's sort of in this subliminal part of your brain. I think… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
Things like pornography perpetuates this idea that women are just there as objects of male desire and are not complex people with… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
In some ways the nudity really makes people feel more uncomfortable because it's not nudity that is just making bodies look like… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
Seeing yourself reflected on screen is a very important part of being human. It makes us feel less alone, it make us… — 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
