At least in America, the narrative is I'm a Cannes favorite. But, in fact, I've had my best experience in Venice, both… — James Gray America Copy Share Image
It's hard to run away from who you are, and when your taste is formed is a very important thing. — James Gray Away Copy Share Image
If we continue as we have for the past 20 years in California, in the year 2020, everybody in the State will… — James Gray California 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… — James Gray Class Copy Share Image
For me, I get a part of an idea here and a little bit of an idea there, and then finally it… — James Gray Accumulate Copy Share Image
The first movie, I was 23; I thought I knew everything, but my ego soon took an irrevocable blow. — James Gray Blow Copy Share Image
I start with a mood or an idea that comes from a personal place emotionally, and the narrative concepts come much later. — James Gray Come 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 Acting 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 Adore 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 Away 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… — James Gray Directly 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 Against 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 Because Copy Share Image
What I do have to get across is the truth of the moment within the given scene. It's my job, as a… — James Gray Across Copy Share Image
It's difficult because Manhattan is so fantastic, and it's 9 miles away, and all these cool rich people live there and have… — James Gray Away Copy Share Image
The corporate system dictates what gets made, and the movies are so bad because of the economic structure of Hollywood. The big… — James Gray American Copy Share Image
My grandparents used to tell me stories about their trip to Ellis Island from Russia and life on the Lower East Side… — James Gray About 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… — James Gray Fail Copy Share Image
You should just write the movie based on people you actually know and then just see who wants to play it. Cast… — James Gray Actor Copy Share Image
I'm not a website guy, although I'm not a Luddite, either. I have looked at a computer, but I don't go to… — James Gray Although Copy Share Image
Americans have always been excellent at making romantic comedies - but dramatically, we don't really try to do it. — James Gray Always Copy Share Image
I don't envy the job of people who have to watch five movies a day - that's insane. — James Gray Day Copy Share Image
I live up Laurel Canyon, and if I want to walk with my son, I have to drive to the park, which… — James Gray Canyon Copy Share Image
I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography, music, dance, theater. — James Gray Art 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,… — James Gray Act Copy Share Image
The decision about digital or film is going to be made for us. I think the answer is that film is gonna… — James Gray About Copy Share Image
The actor always must be in the scene, not above the scene. To communicate any larger ideas is my problem; it's how… — James Gray Above Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to put your finger on why a certain actor or actress will capture your attention, and you'll think they're… — James Gray Actor 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 About Copy Share Image
I suppose I'm always trying to break down the wall between my characters and myself. I'm trying to make the film as… — James Gray Always Copy Share Image
Film is better than digital in every way. It has better contrast ratio, better blacks, and better color reproduction. It's a more… — James Gray Better Copy Share Image
I have no interest whatsoever in pursuing acting or becoming a mogul. I love writing and directing; I see those two jobs… — James Gray Acting Copy Share Image
I have three young children, and I kind of stopped going to movies in 2006. I go to see some, but I'm… — James Gray Bit Copy Share Image
Melodrama is one of the most stunning art forms. These are stories where the emotions are big, and the situations are big,… — James Gray Art Copy Share Image
If everybody loves you, you must be doing something wrong. It means there's no button being pushed... The only way that everybody… — James Gray Being Copy Share Image
To the extent that independent means you're willing to attempt to put your own ideas, personality, and commitment to the material on… — James Gray Attempt 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… — James Gray Always Copy Share Image
'Apocalypse Now' poses questions without any attempt to provide definitive answers, and the film's profound ambiguities are integral to its enduring magic. — James Gray Ambiguities 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 After Copy Share Image
Actors want to work with you but they want you to do their thing. Actors, whom I love with a blind partiality,… — James Gray Actors Copy Share Image
