You live in an apartment in New York, and you think all the time about like, 'I don't even know who's living… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I remember the first time somebody classified me as a feminist. I was in fourth grade. And I remember thinking, 'Oh, is… — 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
Historically, we've attached a lot of shame to women and their bodies - probably since biblical times. It's a way that patriarchal… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I have a hard time with films that I feel like I can predict every twist or turn they take from the… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
Writing, directing - it's just torture every time and it doesn't seem to get any easier. And yet I love them 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
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 think that instead of laying out ahead of time where my career is going to go, I try to make decisions… — 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