Amy Heckerling Quotes

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Amy Heckerling

Profession : Director

Birth : May 7, 1954

Over-the-knee socks remind me of the 1920s, silent films, and the stars of the era who wore the rolled-down stockings. They sort of referenced that in 'Cabaret,' when Liza Minnelli was singing 'Mein Herr,' and I love the way she looks in that scene.

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Everybody who worked in film misses holding pieces of film, holding it up to the light, and seeing exactly where something was image-wise.

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I'd rather see what young people are going through than see things explode.

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I wanted to do something in the style of a comedy of manners.

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I hope they remake 'Look Who's Talking' - then I'd make some money!

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With electronics, they just get smaller and smaller.

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I know I mispronounce things constantly, because maybe I read more than I talk, but I don't know the proper way to say a lot of things, even though I know what they are. But then I know I look like a moron.

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The Bronx always seemed very dreary to me.

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I attended Art & Design High School, and at one point, you had to write about what you wanted to be when you grew up. I wrote that I wanted to be a writer for 'Mad' magazine.

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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.

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A teenager has to decide what they're going to do with their life, and that's one of the most important decisions that you'll make.

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I can't stomach most of the movies about women.

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If you look at all the pictures of women in magazines, everybody's got a forehead that looks like a billboard. Completely blank.

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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.

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I always get hats but never have the nerve to wear them. Hats are a thing that are really stylish, but you have to have the confidence to pull it off.

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I spent my entire youth in front of a TV watching old movies, and as soon as I was able to get a subway pass, when I was 14, I joined the Museum of Modern Art and was there all weekend watching old movies.

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I'm just not happy with Hollywood.

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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.

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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.

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Bitterness is so ugly. I don't want to go there.

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