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
hear life people
Everything you try to do in life, of any value, people are going to be saying, 'No, no, no.' You have to have the ability to not see that or hear that.
change newest people waiting
When new things come along, some people always want the newest of the new - 'This is what I've been waiting for!' - and some people don't want or need the change - 'I like my old one.'
dictated freedom hot instead love people respect studio using
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.
people
I'd rather see what young people are going through than see things explode.
art design high meant morning people school taking
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.
beverly deal grew hills kids people privileges
There are a lot of people in Beverly Hills who come from the Middle East, who are very much a part of the Beverly Hills fabric, and their kids grew up with the privileges of Beverly Hills. And yet they still have to deal with a lot of the prejudice against them for being foreign-born.
ask movies people totally
Sometimes people say, 'Oh you did one of my favorite movies,' and I will ask them what the other one is, and it's always something that I totally hate.
advantage definitely interest people slang
It definitely sharpened my interest in language, the way people used language, slang words, speech patterns. There's a big advantage to being the outsider.
baby people seems whenever worry
In Hollywood, whenever you do anything, it seems like there's going to be 30 of them. When I did 'Look Who's Talking,' people went: 'Oh but there's going to be this baby movie and that baby movie.' I can't worry about that. I can only do what I want to do.
bad certain people supposed
I sometimes think it's better to go with a bad movie that is true to a certain point of view than to take something and make people try to like it when they're not supposed to.
cable dealing drive home people tape time waiting
I like being able to tape things and then having them home waiting for you, but just dealing with the Time Warner Cable people will drive you insane.
people
After Gmail, if you have AOL, people are like, 'Are you still with this?' What does it matter what e-mail you have?
hate people sometimes
Sometimes people say oh you did one of my favorite movies and I will ask them what the other one is and it's always something that I totally hate.