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> [My grandparents used to tell me stories about their trip to Ellis Island from Russia and life on the Lower East Side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/my-grandparents-used-to-tell-me-stories-about-their-trip-to-ellis/)

[James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/)

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> [My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I'd heard all the stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/my-grandparents-they-came-through-ellis-island-in-1923-and-you-know-i/)

[James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/)

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> [I grew up in a semi-attached row house in Queens in New York. And my family and my grandparents and my father's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gray/i-grew-up-in-a-semi-attached-row-house-in-queens-in-new-york-and-my/)

[James Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gray/)

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## Other authors on Grandparents

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-erma-bombeck-33764.jpg) Erma Bombeck 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grandparents/erma-bombeck/)

## 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/)

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