Bitterness is so ugly.
I love movies to death. I spent my entire youth in front of a TV watching old movies.
I love movies to death. 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.
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.
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.
Hollywood is the dream factory, and no one dreams about older women.
The disconnect between what's going on in schools and what's allowed to be shown in movies has gotten really bad because girls in junior high are having oral sex and getting bracelets for it, and in movies everybody's got to be 30 years old to have sex. It's very bizarre.
Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of.
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.
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.
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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Amy Heckerling: Biography and Life Work
Amy Heckerling was a notable Director. The story of Amy Heckerling began on May 7, 1954 in New York City, New York.
Amy Heckerling (born May 7, 1954) is an American writer, producer, and director. Heckerling started out her career after graduating from New York University and entering the American Film Institute , making small student films. Heckerling is a recipient of AFI's Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal celebrating her creative talents and artistic achievements. She struggled to break out into big films up until the release of her breakout film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).
Legacy and Personal Influence
Academic foundations were established at New York University, AFI Conservatory, MFA. Personally, Amy Heckerling was married to David Brandt (divorced), Neal Israel (divorced).
Philosophical Views and Reflections
The studio was unsure of how to market the film, and Heckerling guesses that they did not think that anyone would want to watch it. The studio decided to just open it in a few hundred or so theaters on the west coast without any advertisement. Once the film opened, it was a huge success, leading the studio to quickly open it at theaters around the country. It became an instant hit right out of the gate, eventually going on to become a pop culture touchstone. The film earned $27,092,880 at the box office in the USA. It also spawned a short-lived series on CBS called Fast Times , with Heckerling writing, directing and producing.
In 1995, Heckerling won the National Society of Film Critics Best Screenplay award and was nominated for the Writers Guild of America award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for her screenplay, Clueless . The film was also nominated for a WGA Award for Best Screenplay . In 1998, she received the Franklin J. Schaffner Medal from the American Film Institute . In 1999, she received the Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through endurance and excellence, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.
