Maurice' was a groundbreaking film. People didn't feel that then but looking back everyone says that. — James Ivory Copy Share Image
Most of my films are set in an upper-middle-class world of well-off people who may have all kinds of emotional problems, but… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
See, nobody understood how we were able to make a film like 'A Room With a View' so cheaply, for about $3.2… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
A lot of directors don't bother to go back and look at their films, but I do. — James Ivory Copy Share Image
You know, if the filmmakers were satisfied with the film they just made, they could jump right in and make another one,… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
If I hear that a film of mine is going to be shown on a big screen somewhere and I haven't seen… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
You can just start shooting things and see how it goes. But time is still money, so you have to know when… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
Lots have said since what the film Maurice meant to gay men. I had a guy in New York who recognized me… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
I've seen it happen with other directors. Sometimes there's a period where, if they're lucky, they get the financing where they can… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
A director must be patient and unflappable. I think I was always pretty relaxed. I don't find shooting as traumatic as some… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
Political consequences have never really come into my thinking. I didn't think about it when we made 'Maurice' or when I said… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
When you tell a film financier that you want to do a Shakespeare film, their face drops. Shakespeare films don't have a… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
One of the challenges in writing the script Call Me by Your Name was that I had to find something concrete for… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
My father did think I should get interested in television. But I had very little interest in television and it wasn't something… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
Lately, I've discovered the Hellenistic bronzes. I'd never really thought about them much, but then there was this marvelous exhibition - many… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
It's important to see the work of as many directors as possible but you must not become self-conscious. You have to accept… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
I just read an article about how young American males feel uncomfortable appearing naked in front of each other in locker rooms. That was… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
The conscious decision, early on, was that I was going to live in New York. That was it. — James Ivory Copy Share Image
My 22-minute film, which I called 'The Sword and the Flute', turned out to be a romantic film about India made by someone who… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
You can't go back and change everything because it is incredibly expensive to do. You just have to learn to live with your mistakes.… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
It's always a matter of convincing the insurance people. They seem to think that after a certain age, you're just going to fall over… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
There's a cabin in Oregon I go to, which belonged to my parents. It's never been winterized. It's not a place you want to… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
A director must be patient and unflappable. I think I was always pretty relaxed. I don't find shooting as traumatic as some directors do.… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
My father did think I should get interested in television. But I had very little interest in television and it wasn't something I wanted… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
I can tell you that when Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, our writer, when she would work on some of these grander novels like, say, a… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
In India, I tried never to show enthusiasm for the things I wanted most, but instead to focus it falsely on something showy, ask… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
It's important to see the work of as many directors as possible but you must not become self-conscious. You have to accept that your… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
