I’ve learned that you can never predict what will happen to a film. You can never predict if people will love it, if they’ll hate it. It’s an act of ego if you’re hoping for everyone to love the film and tell you how great you are. James Gray Read Quote
Americans have always been excellent at making romantic comedies – but dramatically, we don’t really try to do it. James Gray Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My wife and I had been to the genetic counselor; my wife is not Jewish – she’s the shiksha goddess type – and was negative for everything. But I was positive. I carried the gene for three genetic disorders, which, if she had been positive for, we would have passed down to the child. James Gray Read Quote
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 Read Quote
What I do have to get across is the truth of the moment within the given scene. It’s my job, as a director and screenwriter, to create the environment in which all those moments will come together eventually. James Gray Read Quote
There are very few movies in English about romantic obsession told with a seriousness of purpose. James Gray Read Quote
My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I’d heard all the stories. James Gray Read Quote
