Amy Heckerling
Director
1954-05-07
Amy Heckerling is an American writer, director, and producer known for influential comedy films. Her credits include Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Clueless.
Quotes by Amy Heckerling
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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.
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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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The building in the Bronx where I grew up was filled with mostly Holocaust survivors. My two best friends' parents both survived the camps. Everyone in my grandparents' building had tattoos. I'd go shopping with my grandparents, and the butcher, the baker, everybody in the whole neighborhood had tattoos.
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Body image - what we're supposed to look like - is made so unattainable that all girls are put in this position of feeling inferior. That's a horrible thing.
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There's a whole vampire community online - those are some crazy people.
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I'm obsessed with history, especially WWII and the Jews in Europe during the Holocaust.
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I still find it interesting that there could be a point between a young guy and a girl when they decide to hold hands as they walk down the block. At some point, they decide to make the leap from pushing and insulting each other to doing something tender and possessive and showing the world that.
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Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of.
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