Amy Heckerling
Birthday:
7 May 1952, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name:
Amy I. Heckerling
Height:
160 cm
Amy Heckerling studied Film and TV at New York University and got a Masters Degree in Film from The American Film Institute. Despite this education she couldn't get a break in Hollywood. However, in 1982, she made Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), and people started to take notice. In 1987, while Amy was pregnant, she got the idea for Look ...
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Amy Heckerling studied Film and TV at New York University and got a Masters Degree in Film from The American Film Institute. Despite this education she couldn't get a break in Hollywood. However, in 1982, she made Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), and people started to take notice. In 1987, while Amy was pregnant, she got the idea for Look Who's Talking (1989). In 1994, Amy wrote Clueless (1995). Amy is a liberal and also an environmentalist and helps environmental charities whenever she can. Show less «
Bitterness is so ugly. I don't want to go there.
Bitterness is so ugly. I don't want to go there.
Hollywood is the dream factory, and no one dreams about older women.
Hollywood is the dream factory, and no one dreams about older women.
Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of.
Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of.
If you look at all the pictures of women in magazines, everybody's got a forehead that looks like a billboard. Completely blank.
If you look at all the pictures of women in magazines, everybody's got a forehead that looks like a billboard. Completely blank.
A lot of my movies were completely destroyed by the censors, who can be pretty arbitrary. They're not completely fair with how they treat on...Show more »
A lot of my movies were completely destroyed by the censors, who can be pretty arbitrary. They're not completely fair with how they treat one person vs. another. Show less «
I don't know what goes on behind my back... I always feel like, if you don't have anything good to say, then don't say anything.
I don't know what goes on behind my back... I always feel like, if you don't have anything good to say, then don't say anything.
You could go out with a camcorder tomorrow and make a movie with virtually no money, but promoting a tiny low-budget movie costs $20 million...Show more »
You could go out with a camcorder tomorrow and make a movie with virtually no money, but promoting a tiny low-budget movie costs $20 million. And the money they spend on the big movies is astronomical. Show less «
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