Amy Heckerling
Amy Heckerling
Amy Heckerlingis an American film director. She is an alumna of both New York University and the American Film Institute. She has had a commercially successful career with films including Fast Times at Ridgemont High, European Vacation, Look Who's Talking, and Clueless...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth7 May 1954
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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When you have somebody writing or acting for you, you have to be free to have them hate you so you can get your ideas across without worrying.
Unfortunately, if you're going to say anything that's in your head, you're going to get some kickback.
There's something you do when you're completely confident that just can't be replicated when you know you're doing something wrong.
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The way things have changed. The pictures in the womb they have now. They're just amazing. They're just like a snapshot of a person.
The Bronx always seemed very dreary to me.
teens
Teens are the target demographic for everything in pop culture.
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Some women are great, and you wouldn't have been able to get to where you are without them, and others are doing what they can to undermine you.
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In one respect, I like the freedom of using all the people that I love instead of being dictated by the studio to use the hot person of the moment.
people
I've always tried to figure out what people think of themselves and what they think they're projecting.
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I'm real excited by a phone where I can look at my kid and talk to her face.
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I'm obsessed with history, especially WWII and the Jews in Europe during the Holocaust.
people
I'd rather see what young people are going through than see things explode.
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I went to art and design high school with a lot of people taking fashion. They would get up in the morning, and what they put on meant a lot to them.
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I wasted most of my 20s being so frustrated I forgot to have fun. I was so concentrated on one thing - 'Must make movie.'