James Gray
James Gray
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People are afraid of you guys, ... They're afraid of having their pictures taken. They're afraid of being interviewed. And they're afraid of serving on a big case like this with a lot of attention.
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I think to be a movie critic is troubling from one major respect. If you are forced to watch ten movies a week, it's really only something you can do for a few years. After a while, it's a bit too much.
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'Apocalypse Now' poses questions without any attempt to provide definitive answers, and the film's profound ambiguities are integral to its enduring magic.
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I had written 'Two Lovers' before we started shooting 'We Own the Night.'
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The key to acting - from what little I know about that wonderful craft - is listening, and interacting with the other person in order to achieve magic. One way to do that is almost to provoke.
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Anyone who starts badmouthing Latino immigrants is not only a racist but ignorant. You need to refer them to what was written about the Irish, the Jews, the Italians, any group you want.
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I don't think anybody realized until last Tuesday that this was a Klan-type outfit, a white supremacist-type outfit, ... Most people thought it was just a bunch of guys getting drunk on Saturday night or a drug deal that went bad.
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The idea that the family is this locus of support but can also hold you back and keep you down makes for good drama.
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It's the demand of all demands to do a car chase that's unique because there are so many... really since the beginning of film, even in the silent era, 'The Keystone Cops.'
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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.
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I have no interest whatsoever in pursuing acting or becoming a mogul. I love writing and directing; I see those two jobs as the most critical in the making of a film.
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The life of a film is very strange. Once the film is done, you wish you could forget about it and move on.
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I was going to Studio 54 when I was 12 years old. It's true. It's crazy.
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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.