James Gray

James Gray
knew took
The first movie, I was 23; I thought I knew everything, but my ego soon took an irrevocable blow.
family good hold
The idea that the family is this locus of support but can also hold you back and keep you down makes for good drama.
burned gets home leave
All I can say is sometimes home gets burned into your occipital lobe, and it can't leave you, and there's always that longing.
facts point prove
All I can do is point out what the facts are, ... All I want to do is prove he was bad, he's racist and did it and is going to do other things in the future.
amazing close ending gets head shot sticks
The ending shot of 'Queen Christina' with Greta Garbo is amazing. She's at the head of the ship, and she's been through so much, and the camera gets so close to her face. That really sticks out for me.
life move
The life of a film is very strange. Once the film is done, you wish you could forget about it and move on.
art began cinema forms music perfect wonderful
I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography, music, dance, theater.
willing
I'm just not willing to give up on myself. If I'm going to fail, then I want to fail to the limits of my talent.
Baseball is the greatest thing in the world.