The films I grew up loving, and the art that I love, is not generally the kind of postmodern ironic winking stuff. What lasts is the stuff in which the artists are totally in league with the subject. James Gray artartistfilm Change image and share on social
I was going to Studio 54 when I was 12 years old. It's true. It's crazy. James Gray crazystudiotrue Change image and share on social
I've been a Yankees fan for a long time. When I was a kid in the mid-'70s, the Yankees were really great. They had Reggie Jackson in '77. I was 8 years old at the time. He hit three home runs to win the World Series in game six against the Dodgers, and I was just hooked. James Gray 70sdodgerfan share on social
I remember as a little kid, I would always feel comfortable if the light in the crack of my parents' door was on at night. When it went off, that meant they were asleep. Then that terror and the fear of being by myself started to creep in. James Gray asleepcomfortablecrack share on social
I think I'm a very American director, but I probably should have been making movies somewhere around 1976. I never left the mainstream of American movies; the American mainstream left me. James Gray americandirectorleave Change image and share on social
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. James Gray americandisservicedream share on social
If everybody lives in the same way, there's something almost narcotizing about it, but the true misery of economic class difference is knowing that you can't have what somebody else does. James Gray classdifferenceeconomic Change image and share on social
At a certain point, you have to kind of realize that greatness is a messy thing. James Gray greatnesskindmessy Change image and share on social
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 easygaphide Change image and share on social
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. James Gray actcriticaldirect Change image and share on social
