Now approaching her fourth decade in the film industry, Amy Heckerling admits to not previously considering the possibility of a retrospective to show off her films. That is, until New York City’s newly opened Metrograph theater approached her about a weekend-long look back at her work. “I never thought about it,” she said. “‘Oh, is that what you do when you retire and crap?'”
Heckerling is, thankfully, not retiring any time soon. The filmmaker behind such modern classics as “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Clueless,” and “Look Who’s Talking” has seen a career punctuated by some high highs and very low lows, a few of which almost ended her time in entertainment for good.
But Heckerling is nothing if she’s not resilient, and it’s been both her ability to bounce back and her sometimes stubborn desire to do things her way that have kept her making movies.
Heckerling is, thankfully, not retiring any time soon. The filmmaker behind such modern classics as “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Clueless,” and “Look Who’s Talking” has seen a career punctuated by some high highs and very low lows, a few of which almost ended her time in entertainment for good.
But Heckerling is nothing if she’s not resilient, and it’s been both her ability to bounce back and her sometimes stubborn desire to do things her way that have kept her making movies.
- 5/12/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Chi McBride made his acting debut in the 1992 TV movie Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation and has worked regularly ever since. So it seems fair to ask if that job opened the door to other opportunities. McBride lets loose a long, deep laugh. "Yeah, they were sending me offers after Revenge of the Nerds III! In fact, I changed my number and moved several times because every time I opened my door, there was some producer standing there trying to get me to do his picture!" He waits a moment before ending with a perfectly deadpan "What are you, goofy?" It's the kind of no-nonsense response you might expect from one of McBride's characters: honest, blunt, and hilarious. He brings these qualities every week to the ABC comedy Pushing Daisies as Emerson Cod, a private investigator partnered with Ned (Lee Pace), a lovesick pie-maker who can raise the dead.
- 10/17/2008
- by Jenelle Riley
- backstage.com
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