The sad truth for American actors is that they really have no control whatsoever over the material that they get, or can… — James Gray Copy Share Image
What a director really does is set the emotional temperature and the mood and the level, amount, or lack of, distance between… — James Gray Copy Share Image
Americans have always been excellent at making romantic comedies - but dramatically, we don't really try to do it. — James Gray Copy Share Image
I don't think my parents told me enough how the world doesn't really care about me. I think it's important to tell… — James Gray Copy Share Image
I think to be a movie critic is troubling from one major respect. If you are forced to watch ten movies a… — James Gray Copy Share Image
It's the demand of all demands to do a car chase that's unique because there are so many... really since the beginning… — James Gray Copy Share Image
I went to see 'Star Trek Into Darkness,' and J.J. Abrams, who's a friend of mine, made this film, and I went… — James Gray Copy Share Image
There's never really been a tradition of making films about Jewish themes or using Judaism as a constant. — James Gray Copy Share Image
The system is not really particularly amenable to filmmakers who write and direct their own work. It's much more about the studio… — James Gray Copy Share Image
I've been a Yankees fan for a long time. When I was a kid in the mid-'70s, the Yankees were really great.… — James Gray Copy Share Image
Really, what I'm doing is an attempt to continue the best work of the people I adore: Francis Coppola and Scorsese and… — James Gray Copy Share Image
Unfortunately for critics and audiences alike, I have made several films, and some films with really terrific actors. And I say this… — James Gray Copy Share Image
The ending shot of 'Queen Christina' with Greta Garbo is amazing. She's at the head of the ship, and she's been through… — James Gray Copy Share Image
The key to acting - from what little I know about that wonderful craft - is listening, and interacting with the other person in… — James Gray Copy Share
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… — James Gray Copy Share
I don't envy the job of people who have to watch five movies a day - that's insane. — James Gray Copy Share
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… — James Gray Copy Share
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… — James Gray Copy Share
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. — James Gray Copy Share
William Atherton has a very different acting style to Bonnie Bedelia; she has a very different style than Bruce Willis. — James Gray Copy Share
There are very few movies in English about romantic obsession told with a seriousness of purpose. — James Gray Copy Share
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… — James Gray Copy Share
My wife thinks I have an obsession with social class. So I guess I have an obsession with social class. It probably stems from… — James Gray Copy Share
I remember as a little kid, I would always feel comfortable if the light in the crack of my parents' door was on at… — James Gray Copy Share
If we continue as we have for the past 20 years in California, in the year 2020, everybody in the State will either be… — James Gray Copy Share
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… — James Gray Copy Share
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… — James Gray Copy Share
