It's much easier to make a movie with kind of stylistic pyrotechnics because you can hide behind that if there's a gap in the story. — James Gray Copy Share Image
I know this sounds phony, but I don't start out on a project going, 'I'm going to make an emotional work,' you know what I mean? You try to tell the story directly and honestly and with passion. — 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 Image
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 Image
I don't envy the job of people who have to watch five movies a day - that's insane. — James Gray Copy Share Image
Most people don't watch a movie four or five times; they watch it once. — James Gray Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
William Atherton has a very different acting style to Bonnie Bedelia; she has a very different style than Bruce Willis. — James Gray Copy Share Image
There are very few movies in English about romantic obsession told with a seriousness of purpose. — James Gray Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
