Baltimore breeds a really specific type of weirdo. Animal Collective is from Baltimore. Dan Deacon, John Waters. There's a through line of weirdness and a hard edge that I see when I meet people from that area. — James Ransone Copy Share Image
There used to be a period of time when you'd shoot big studio movies where you would shoot a couple of pages a day.… — James Ransone Copy Share
I'm friends with a lot of Brits, and they tell me when they're over here what a huge phenomenon 'The Wire' has become. Some… — James Ransone Copy Share
Idris Elba saved my butt in a point in my career that he can do whatever he wants, and I will back his decision… — James Ransone Copy Share
Drama is easy to fool people with, but you can't trick people into laughing. — James Ransone Copy Share
I still wrestle with the catharsis of acting. I don't end up playing a lot of likable characters, so I find myself living in… — James Ransone Copy Share
Music is a very, very powerful tool that filmmakers use to sway people into emotions that they intend you to feel. — James Ransone Copy Share
Animals are a continuous source of inspiration and wonder to me. I would love to play a dog. — James Ransone Copy Share
I always make this comparison between Bob Dylan and David Simon. Not in the most flattering way possible - these two intellectual Jews who… — James Ransone Copy Share
Just because I try to read a lot of stuff doesn't mean I can fully conceptualize all of these intense, big, abstract ideas. — James Ransone Copy Share
Mars would seem, to me, to be the best place to focus our collective effort as a species... I think people would like to… — James Ransone Copy Share
