James Gray
James Gray
allow finishing future holds serve space time
While it will take us some time to put on the finishing touches, the future holds a bigger, brighter, better space that will allow us to better serve you.
audiences best films marion several terrific worked
Unfortunately for critics and audiences alike, I have made several films, and some films with really terrific actors. And I say this at my own peril, but Marion Cotillard is the best actor I've ever worked with.
attempt course extent hope material means until willing
To the extent that independent means you're willing to attempt to put your own ideas, personality, and commitment to the material on screen, then of course I hope I'm independent until the day I die.
great people united wisdom
The conventional wisdom is that people come to the United States, and immigration is so great, and they say, 'America, what a great country.' And a lot of that is true.
good time
Time can be very good or very cruel to films.
although answer gonna records vinyl
The decision about digital or film is going to be made for us. I think the answer is that film is gonna be gone, although I think it'll make a comeback; it'll be like vinyl records or something.
director distance lack mood
What a director really does is set the emotional temperature and the mood and the level, amount, or lack of, distance between the action and the character, and the character and the audience.
himself sees
He sees himself as a real hero, a star,
formal limits though understanding uses
His work, though formal and precise, displays an exceptional understanding of the limits and uses of formalism and precision.
insane laurel
I live up Laurel Canyon, and if I want to walk with my son, I have to drive to the park, which is so insane to me.
written
I had written 'Two Lovers' before we started shooting 'We Own the Night.'
disservice dream fallacy states striving united win worth
I feel that The American Dream is this fallacy that you come to the United States and win lotto. That's a disservice to The American Dream because the American Dream is worth striving for. And it's not easy.
family grew house outer queens
I grew up in a semi-attached row house in Queens in New York. And my family and my grandparents and my father's from Brooklyn, and so you're essentially an outer boroughs kid, you're growing up.
five job movies people watch
I don't envy the job of people who have to watch five movies a day - that's insane.