James Gray

James Gray
disabled gained people province
We've gained something for disabled people in the province that they've never had before. Now they have rights.
good time
Time can be very good or very cruel to films.
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.
studio
I was going to Studio 54 when I was 12 years old. It's true. It's crazy.
announced sean
Sean Penn has announced his retirement from acting about 72 times.
people
Most people don't watch a movie four or five times; they watch it once.
anger commit crime hate obviously unless
Obviously you can't commit a crime this heinous unless you've got a lot of hate and anger in your heart,
east ellis life lower side stories trip
My grandparents used to tell me stories about their trip to Ellis Island from Russia and life on the Lower East Side of New York.
ellis
My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I'd heard all the stories.
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.
shame
I feel like it's a real shame that my generation doesn't make an appearance at the opera.