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James Gray quotes: I think true economic class unhappiness comes from when across the street someone has a new Cadillac and you can't get that.

I think true economic class unhappiness comes from when across the street someone has a new Cadillac and you can't get that.

James Gray quotes: Americans have always been excellent at making romantic comedies - but dramatically, we don't really try to do it.

Americans have always been excellent at making romantic comedies - but dramatically, we don't really try to do it.

James Gray quotes: It's much easier to make a movie with kind of stylistic pyrotechnics because you can hide behind that if there's a gap in the story.

It's much easier to make a movie with kind of stylistic pyrotechnics because you can hide behind that if there's a gap in the story.

James Gray quotes: The key to humor is often self-loathing or sarcasm. In a sense, that's how self-loathing is made palatable.

The key to humor is often self-loathing or sarcasm. In a sense, that's how self-loathing is made palatable.

James Gray quotes: Most people don't watch a movie four or five times; they watch it once.

Most people don't watch a movie four or five times; they watch it once.

James Gray quotes: My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I'd heard all the stories.

My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I'd heard all the stories.

James Gray quotes: At Ellis Island, I mean, you didn't go there if you arrived in first class. It was only the poorest, the people in the worst shape.

At Ellis Island, I mean, you didn't go there if you arrived in first class. It was only the poorest, the people in the worst shape.

James Gray quotes: 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.

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.

James Gray quotes: I'm not a website guy, although I'm not a Luddite, either. I have looked at a computer, but I don't go to PopSugar and Goop and all that.

I'm not a website guy, although I'm not a Luddite, either. I have looked at a computer, but I don't go to PopSugar and Goop and all that.

James Gray quotes: I was going to Studio 54 when I was 12 years old. It's true. It's crazy.

I was going to Studio 54 when I was 12 years old. It's true. It's crazy.

James Gray quotes: The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is.

The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is.

James Gray quotes: You should just write the movie based on people you actually know and then just see who wants to play it. Cast the net.

You should just write the movie based on people you actually know and then just see who wants to play it. Cast the net.

James Gray quotes: 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.

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.

James Gray quotes: Life affirming doesn't mean good things happen.

Life affirming doesn't mean good things happen.

James Gray quotes: The first movie, I was 23; I thought I knew everything, but my ego soon took an irrevocable blow.

The first movie, I was 23; I thought I knew everything, but my ego soon took an irrevocable blow.

James Gray quotes: Melodrama and melodramatic are not the same thing, and often people make the mistake of confusing the two.

Melodrama and melodramatic are not the same thing, and often people make the mistake of confusing the two.

James Gray quotes: William Atherton has a very different acting style to Bonnie Bedelia; she has a very different style than Bruce Willis.

William Atherton has a very different acting style to Bonnie Bedelia; she has a very different style than Bruce Willis.

James Gray quotes: 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.

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.

James Gray quotes: 'Apocalypse Now' does not alienate us or deconstruct itself. In fact, it welcomes us in.

'Apocalypse Now' does not alienate us or deconstruct itself. In fact, it welcomes us in.

James Gray quotes: I start with a mood or an idea that comes from a personal place emotionally, and the narrative concepts come much later.

I start with a mood or an idea that comes from a personal place emotionally, and the narrative concepts come much later.

James Gray quotes: I had written 'Two Lovers' before we started shooting 'We Own the Night.'

I had written 'Two Lovers' before we started shooting 'We Own the Night.'

James Gray quotes: Sean Penn has announced his retirement from acting about 72 times.

Sean Penn has announced his retirement from acting about 72 times.

James Gray quotes: There's never really been a tradition of making films about Jewish themes or using Judaism as a constant.

There's never really been a tradition of making films about Jewish themes or using Judaism as a constant.

James Gray quotes: Time can be very good or very cruel to films.

Time can be very good or very cruel to films.

James Gray quotes: At a certain point, you have to kind of realize that greatness is a messy thing.

At a certain point, you have to kind of realize that greatness is a messy thing.

James Gray quotes: I'm telling you, every film I've ever made has been hated by the U.K. critics.

I'm telling you, every film I've ever made has been hated by the U.K. critics.

James Gray quotes: 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.

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.

James Gray quotes: I feel like it's a real shame that my generation doesn't make an appearance at the opera.

I feel like it's a real shame that my generation doesn't make an appearance at the opera.

James Gray quotes: I think storytelling is a thing of beauty, and also very difficult. It's a craft you have to continue to work at.

I think storytelling is a thing of beauty, and also very difficult. It's a craft you have to continue to work at.

James Gray quotes: The idea that the family is this locus of support but can also hold you back and keep you down makes for good drama.

The idea that the family is this locus of support but can also hold you back and keep you down makes for good drama.

James Gray quotes: I would love it if my films made a lot of money, and may I say that 'The Yards' is the only one that's lost money.

I would love it if my films made a lot of money, and may I say that 'The Yards' is the only one that's lost money.

James Gray quotes: Baseball is the greatest thing in the world.

Baseball is the greatest thing in the world.

James Gray quotes: I don't envy the job of people who have to watch five movies a day - that's insane.

I don't envy the job of people who have to watch five movies a day - that's insane.

James Gray quotes: It's hard to run away from who you are, and when your taste is formed is a very important thing.

It's hard to run away from who you are, and when your taste is formed is a very important thing.

James Gray quotes: At least in America, the narrative is I'm a Cannes favorite. But, in fact, I've had my best experience in Venice, both with the audience and the jury.

At least in America, the narrative is I'm a Cannes favorite. But, in fact, I've had my best experience in Venice, both with the audience and the jury.

James Gray quotes: The audience cares what the movie looks like, not about the sleepless night you had worrying about the thing getting developed.

The audience cares what the movie looks like, not about the sleepless night you had worrying about the thing getting developed.

James Gray quotes: The opera in Los Angeles is excellent.

The opera in Los Angeles is excellent.

James Gray quotes: When I was quite young, I dreamed of being a painter.

When I was quite young, I dreamed of being a painter.

James Gray quotes: The life of a film is very strange. Once the film is done, you wish you could forget about it and move on.

The life of a film is very strange. Once the film is done, you wish you could forget about it and move on.

James Gray quotes: The state of being in love is so inherently preposterous. It usually lends itself to romantic comedy. I think we've all been there.

The state of being in love is so inherently preposterous. It usually lends itself to romantic comedy. I think we've all been there.

James Gray quotes: For me, I get a part of an idea here and a little bit of an idea there, and then finally it accumulates into a movie.

For me, I get a part of an idea here and a little bit of an idea there, and then finally it accumulates into a movie.

James Gray quotes: I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography, music, dance, theater.

I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography, music, dance, theater.

James Gray quotes: There are very few movies in English about romantic obsession told with a seriousness of purpose.

There are very few movies in English about romantic obsession told with a seriousness of purpose.

James Gray quotes: I have no athletic skills whatsoever. I'm just literally incompetent.

I have no athletic skills whatsoever. I'm just literally incompetent.