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
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.
excited kid
I'm real excited by a phone where I can look at my kid and talk to her face.
history jews obsessed
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.
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.
forgot
I wasted most of my 20s being so frustrated I forgot to have fun. I was so concentrated on one thing - 'Must make movie.'
I wanted to do something in the style of a comedy of manners.
optimistic
I wanted to do something about a really optimistic character: a character who was so optimistic, no one could burst her bubble.
I really live in my own kind of universe.
age brows lines mark
When I was 20, I had these furrowed lines between my brows because I was always angry. And I was 20. I don't think that was a mark of age; it was just my personality.
badly coming hit somebody
When I first got my driver's license, I was hit by a drunk driver. He was coming off of a freeway, and I was hurt pretty badly from somebody driving really fast.
adult characters close dealing felt liked relate though work
When I did 'Fast Times,' I felt very close emotionally to the characters. I liked those characters because they all had to work, so they were dealing with adult problems even though they were very immature, and I could relate to that.
butler particular touched worked
There was one vampire movie that Gerard Butler was in, 'Dracula 2000,' and they touched on something interesting, but it only worked in the context of that particular movie, which was that the original vampire was Judas.