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 continually marvel at people who can make films that reach five hundred million people. How do you do that? Everybody's different… — James Gray Cinema 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
There's virtually nothing made up in 'The Immigrant.' So much of the film came from somewhere in my family's past. All the… — James Gray Came 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 Actor Copy Share Image
I think I'm a very American director, but I probably should have been making movies somewhere around 1976. I never left the… — James Gray American 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
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
If everybody lives in the same way, there's something almost narcotizing about it, but the true misery of economic class difference is… — James Gray About Copy Share Image
The word 'operatic' is often misused to mean over the top, where someone is over-emoting. And that does a terrible disservice because… — James Gray Because Copy Share Image
At Ellis Island, I mean, you didn't go there if you arrived in first class. It was only the poorest, the people… — James Gray Arrived Copy Share Image
'Apocalypse Now' does not alienate us or deconstruct itself. In fact, it welcomes us in. — James Gray Alienate Copy Share Image
The idea that the family is this locus of support but can also hold you back and keep you down makes for… — James Gray Also 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
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
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
It's weird, because American films in the 1930s and '40s, particularly melodramas, were made for woman, from Bette Davis to Joan Crawford… — James Gray American 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 Answers 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 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
My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I'd heard all the stories. — James Gray Came 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
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
The sad truth for American actors is that they really have no control whatsoever over the material that they get, or can… — James Gray Actor Copy Share Image
