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 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
Mr. Rogers would not make a good protagonist of a narrative film. He's without conflict, he's too far along on his journey… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I don't think we have to be jerks to make good art either, but somehow we as a society have romanticised that… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
One of the boring tricks about capturing Broadway onscreen, actually, is just about all the different unions. — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
