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.
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I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.
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I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world.
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When I write a movie, I write it for me.
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All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal with them, not a short story or a movie. It's like a personal therapy.
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I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
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I would love to do a 'Scream'-type movie.
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I really loved 'Witches of Eastwick', the movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson and Cher.
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Truth be told, actually, my favorite director of the Movie Brats was not Scorsese. Loved him. But my favorite director of the Movie Brats was Brian de Palma. I actually met De Palma right after I'd done 'Reservoir Dogs,' and I was very beside myself.
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There's more to life than being an actor in a Hollywood movie. I'm not going to adapt my life after that existence, where a lot of people do. And they get the publicist, and they get all that stuff, and it becomes them. I think it's a stupid way to live your life. A really dumb way to live your life.
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I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.
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If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
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I was very insecure approaching the idea of directing a feature film. I told myself I would not move until I felt I was moving in power rather than moving in desperation to make a movie.
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'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three people against the elements, so that was the biggest influence on 'Frozen.'
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I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real.
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The only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.
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'Sucker Punch' is a big girl power movie.
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I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.
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I love a good fight and I think a bad fight can ruin a movie. I really do.
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At Pixar, we believe strongly that filmmakers should develop ideas they are passionate about. This may sound like a no-brainer, but in fact in Hollywood, the big movie studios have whole departments devoted to acquiring and developing projects that will only later be paired with a director-for-hire.
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I'm very passionate about music and was excited to see that the majority of readers loved the inclusion of lyrics.
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Rich could play way better than Krupa.
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This is going to be an old fashioned Baptist camp meeting with old fashioned singing, preaching and testifying.
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The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
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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.
