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. James Gray achieveactcraft Change image and share on social
I am an Ashkenazi Jew, and there are a whole host of genetic disorders that only Ashkenazi Jews have. I don't know if you know this, but 16 or 17 disorders that we carry the gene for. James Gray ashkenazicarrydisorder Change image and share on social
Film is better than digital in every way. It has better contrast ratio, better blacks, and better color reproduction. It's a more organic image, which is more the way your eyes see. James Gray blackcolorcontrast Change image and share on social
Baseball is the greatest thing in the world. James Gray baseballgreatthing Change image and share on social
I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography, music, dance, theater. James Gray artbegincinema Change image and share on social
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. James Gray attachboroughbrooklyn Change image and share on social
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 canyondriveinsane Change image and share on social
The system is not really particularly amenable to filmmakers who write and direct their own work. It's much more about the studio already having a property that has a marketable concept and then hiring the director on board. James Gray amenableboardconcept share on social
The first movie, I was 23; I thought I knew everything, but my ego soon took an irrevocable blow. James Gray blowegoirrevocable Change image and 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
