Marielle Heller

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

I remember my grandmother's husband dying. But I think I was older. I think I was 7 or 8 when he died.…

— Marielle Heller

My normal way of filming something is, like, one camera, very well planned out, knowing exactly how we're going to get each…

— Marielle Heller

I like working in TV, but my real love is making movies.

— Marielle Heller

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

I spent most of my 20s working as an actor. I started writing and directing because I was frustrated with the types…

— Marielle Heller

I'm getting more and more used to the fact that being a director and being a woman are two things that everyone…

— Marielle Heller

I don't really believe that all theater needs to be filmed - for some things, the special part of live theater is…

— Marielle Heller

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

One of the boring tricks about capturing Broadway onscreen, actually, is just about all the different unions.

— Marielle Heller

Why do so many women drop out of the workforce at this age, in our late 30s, early 40s? Well, often it's…

— Marielle Heller

I just have no interest in making a biopic. No offence to biopics, it's just not where my mind goes.

— Marielle Heller

As women we are very accustomed to putting ourselves in the shoes of male leads.

— Marielle Heller

I remember the first time somebody classified me as a feminist. I was in fourth grade. And I remember thinking, 'Oh, is…

— Marielle Heller

Just make things, and find people you love working with. If you're working on something you truly love and are passionate about,…

— Marielle Heller

Our culture of the Bay Area is a place where you want to be different. You want to be seen. You want…

— Marielle Heller

I love movies where the explosions and fireworks are happening inside someone's heart and mind instead of outside.

— Marielle Heller

Being a good actor is incredibly difficult. But the amount of responsibility is so much less on your shoulders than directing.

— Marielle Heller

I did not grow up in the 70s but in the 80s in the Bay Area, the child of hippies in Berkeley,…

— Marielle Heller

Seeing yourself reflected on screen is a very important part of being human. It makes us feel less alone, it make us…

— Marielle Heller

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

I love human beings, and I love their faces.

— Marielle Heller

I was connected to the theater, it was my first love, where my career was focused, on interesting ways to tell stories.

— Marielle Heller

I'm not the type of person who can be a director for hire, I have to find my own way into it.

— Marielle Heller

With all of the bad things that are happening in the world right now, I think we need a message of togetherness…

— Marielle Heller