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
I was so involved in my own life I wasn't even aware of what was happening in the outside world, but as… — 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 was in theater school playing Lady Macbeth and doing these great dramatic parts, and then I got out into the real… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
What Mr Rogers was offering to children were lessons we all need in our world right now: patience, kindness, acceptance and true… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I come from the world of theater, and I know Noel Coward's writing well. He has such a specific voice, and was… — 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
