--- title: "20 Cinema Quotes By James Gray" description: "20 Cinema quotes by James Gray. Plus more from James Gray and more Cinema sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/james-gray-7197_cinema_time-can-be-very-good-or-very-cruel-to-f_750566.jpg" --- > [Time can be very good or very cruel to films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/time-can-be-very-good-or-very-cruel-to-films/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/james-gray-7197_cinema_time-can-be-very-good-or-very-cruel-to-f_750566.jpg) > [I'm telling you, every film I've ever made has been hated by the U.K. critics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-m-telling-you-every-film-i-ve-ever-made-has-been-hated-by-the-u-k/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/james-gray-7197_been_i-m-telling-you-every-film-i-ve-ever-mad_2926067.jpg) > [I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography, music, dance, theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-began-to-see-cinema-as-the-perfect-combination-of-so-many-wonderful/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/james-gray-7197_art_i-began-to-see-cinema-as-the-perfect-com_1655960.jpg) > [I continually marvel at people who can make films that reach five hundred million people. How do you do that? Everybody's different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-continually-marvel-at-people-who-can-make-films-that-reach-five/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15d/james-gray-7197_cinema_i-continually-marvel-at-people-who-can-m_1663702.jpg) > [I have no interest whatsoever in pursuing acting or becoming a mogul. I love writing and directing; I see those two jobs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-have-no-interest-whatsoever-in-pursuing-acting-or-becoming-a-mogul/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/james-gray-7197_acting_i-have-no-interest-whatsoever-in-pursuin_761991.jpg) > [The life of a film is very strange. Once the film is done, you wish you could forget about it and move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/the-life-of-a-film-is-very-strange-once-the-film-is-done-you-wish-you/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d4/james-gray-7197_about_the-life-of-a-film-is-very-strange-once_1459351.jpg) > [I would love it if my films made a lot of money, and may I say that 'The Yards' is the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-would-love-it-if-my-films-made-a-lot-of-money-and-may-i-say-that/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/893/james-gray-7197_cinema_i-would-love-it-if-my-films-made-a-lot-o_256259.jpg) > [The films I grew up loving, and the art that I love, is not generally the kind of postmodern ironic winking stuff.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/the-films-i-grew-up-loving-and-the-art-that-i-love-is-not-generally/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/james-gray-7197_art_the-films-i-grew-up-loving-and-the-art-t_3180765.jpg) > [What a director really does is set the emotional temperature and the mood and the level, amount, or lack of, distance between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/what-a-director-really-does-is-set-the-emotional-temperature-and-the/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/james-gray-7197_action_what-a-director-really-does-is-set-the-e_1524732.jpg) > [I think I'm a very American director, but I probably should have been making movies somewhere around 1976. I never left the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-think-i-m-a-very-american-director-but-i-probably-should-have-been/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/james-gray-7197_american_i-think-i-m-a-very-american-director-but_1723430.jpg) > [The system is not really particularly amenable to filmmakers who write and direct their own work. It's much more about the studio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/the-system-is-not-really-particularly-amenable-to-filmmakers-who/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/james-gray-7197_about_the-system-is-not-really-particularly-am_2249651.jpg) > [I suppose I'm always trying to break down the wall between my characters and myself. I'm trying to make the film as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-suppose-i-m-always-trying-to-break-down-the-wall-between-my/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/james-gray-7197_always_i-suppose-i-m-always-trying-to-break-dow_2372770.jpg) > [Film is better than digital in every way. It has better contrast ratio, better blacks, and better color reproduction. It's a more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/film-is-better-than-digital-in-every-way-it-has-better-contrast-ratio/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/james-gray-7197_better_film-is-better-than-digital-in-every-way_914437.jpg) > [The corporate system dictates what gets made, and the movies are so bad because of the economic structure of Hollywood. The big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/the-corporate-system-dictates-what-gets-made-and-the-movies-are-so/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/james-gray-7197_american_the-corporate-system-dictates-what-gets_1604776.jpg) > [I've learned that you can never predict what will happen to a film. You can never predict if people will love it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-ve-learned-that-you-can-never-predict-what-will-happen-to-a-film/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/james-gray-7197_act_i-ve-learned-that-you-can-never-predict_70857.jpg) > [The decision about digital or film is going to be made for us. I think the answer is that film is gonna…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/the-decision-about-digital-or-film-is-going-to-be-made-for-us-i-think/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/james-gray-7197_about_the-decision-about-digital-or-film-is-go_1343341.jpg) > [What I do have to get across is the truth of the moment within the given scene. It's my job, as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/what-i-do-have-to-get-across-is-the-truth-of-the-moment-within-the/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/james-gray-7197_across_what-i-do-have-to-get-across-is-the-trut_1809656.jpg) > [I went to see 'Star Trek Into Darkness,' and J.J. Abrams, who's a friend of mine, made this film, and I went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-went-to-see-star-trek-into-darkness-and-j-j-abrams-who-s-a-friend/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/james-gray-7197_away_i-went-to-see-star-trek-into-darkness-an_2614885.jpg) > [Really, what I'm doing is an attempt to continue the best work of the people I adore: Francis Coppola and Scorsese and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/really-what-i-m-doing-is-an-attempt-to-continue-the-best-work-of-the/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/james-gray-7197_adore_really-what-i-m-doing-is-an-attempt-to-c_346140.jpg) > [It's weird, because American films in the 1930s and '40s, particularly melodramas, were made for woman, from Bette Davis to Joan Crawford…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/it-s-weird-because-american-films-in-the-1930s-and-40s-particularly/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/018/james-gray-7197_american_it-s-weird-because-american-films-in-the_2132002.jpg) ## Other authors on Cinema - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-werner-herzog-94806.jpg) Werner Herzog 57 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/werner-herzog/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nicolas-winding-refn-71275.jpg) Nicolas Winding Refn 56 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/nicolas-winding-refn/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-woody-allen-96336.jpg) Woody Allen 55 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/woody-allen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-lynch-27713.jpg) David Lynch 54 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/david-lynch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-jackson-74887.jpg) Peter Jackson 53 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/peter-jackson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-greenaway-74852.jpg) Peter Greenaway 51 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/peter-greenaway/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-10688.jpg) Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu 51 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-mani-ratnam-6434.jpg) Mani Ratnam 47 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/mani-ratnam/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-takashi-miike-3507.jpg) Takashi Miike 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/takashi-miike/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roger-ebert-80683.jpg) Roger Ebert 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/roger-ebert/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-scorsese-64785.jpg) Martin Scorsese 45 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/martin-scorsese/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-lucas-37823.jpg) George Lucas 44 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/george-lucas/) ## More by James Gray > [The key to acting - from what little I know about that wonderful craft - is listening, and interacting with the other person in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/the-key-to-acting-from-what-little-i-know-about-that-wonderful-craft/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [I've learned that you can never predict what will happen to a film. You can never predict if people will love it, if they'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-ve-learned-that-you-can-never-predict-what-will-happen-to-a-film/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [I don't envy the job of people who have to watch five movies a day - that's insane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-don-t-envy-the-job-of-people-who-have-to-watch-five-movies-a-day/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [Most people don't watch a movie four or five times; they watch it once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/most-people-don-t-watch-a-movie-four-or-five-times-they-watch-it-once/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [I'm just not willing to give up on myself. If I'm going to fail, then I want to fail to the limits of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-m-just-not-willing-to-give-up-on-myself-if-i-m-going-to-fail-then-i/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [I am an Ashkenazi Jew, and there are a whole host of genetic disorders that only Ashkenazi Jews have. I don't know if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-am-an-ashkenazi-jew-and-there-are-a-whole-host-of-genetic-disorders/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [All I can say is sometimes home gets burned into your occipital lobe, and it can't leave you, and there's always that longing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/all-i-can-say-is-sometimes-home-gets-burned-into-your-occipital-lobe/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [William Atherton has a very different acting style to Bonnie Bedelia; she has a very different style than Bruce Willis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/william-atherton-has-a-very-different-acting-style-to-bonnie-bedelia/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [There are very few movies in English about romantic obsession told with a seriousness of purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/there-are-very-few-movies-in-english-about-romantic-obsession-told/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [I would love it if my films made a lot of money, and may I say that 'The Yards' is the only one that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-would-love-it-if-my-films-made-a-lot-of-money-and-may-i-say-that/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [My wife thinks I have an obsession with social class. So I guess I have an obsession with social class. It probably stems from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/my-wife-thinks-i-have-an-obsession-with-social-class-so-i-guess-i/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [I remember as a little kid, I would always feel comfortable if the light in the crack of my parents' door was on at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-remember-as-a-little-kid-i-would-always-feel-comfortable-if-the/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [If we continue as we have for the past 20 years in California, in the year 2020, everybody in the State will either be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/if-we-continue-as-we-have-for-the-past-20-years-in-california-in-the/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [Really, what I'm doing is an attempt to continue the best work of the people I adore: Francis Coppola and Scorsese and Robert Altman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/really-what-i-m-doing-is-an-attempt-to-continue-the-best-work-of-the/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) > [I think to be a movie critic is troubling from one major respect. If you are forced to watch ten movies a week, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-think-to-be-a-movie-critic-is-troubling-from-one-major-respect-if/) [James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/james-gray/#itemlist", "name": "20 Cinema Quotes By James Gray", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Time can be very good or very cruel to films.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Gray" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/time-can-be-very-good-or-very-cruel-to-films/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/james-gray-7197_cinema_time-can-be-very-good-or-very-cruel-to-f_750566.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/james-gray-7197_cinema_time-can-be-very-good-or-very-cruel-to-f_750566.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/james-gray-7197_cinema_time-can-be-very-good-or-very-cruel-to-f_750566.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Time can be very good or very cruel to films.” — James Gray", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm telling you, every film I've ever made has been hated by the U.K. critics.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Gray" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-m-telling-you-every-film-i-ve-ever-made-has-been-hated-by-the-u-k/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/james-gray-7197_been_i-m-telling-you-every-film-i-ve-ever-mad_2926067.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/james-gray-7197_been_i-m-telling-you-every-film-i-ve-ever-mad_2926067.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/james-gray-7197_been_i-m-telling-you-every-film-i-ve-ever-mad_2926067.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm telling you, every film I've ever made has been hated by the U.K. critics.” — James Gray", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography, music, dance, theater.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Gray" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-began-to-see-cinema-as-the-perfect-combination-of-so-many-wonderful/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/james-gray-7197_art_i-began-to-see-cinema-as-the-perfect-com_1655960.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/james-gray-7197_art_i-began-to-see-cinema-as-the-perfect-com_1655960.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/james-gray-7197_art_i-began-to-see-cinema-as-the-perfect-com_1655960.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography…” — James Gray", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I continually marvel at people who can make films that reach five hundred million people. 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