James Gray Quotes & Sayings
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“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.”
“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 key to humor is often self-loathing or sarcasm. In a sense, that's how self-loathing is made palatable.”
“As ugly an admission as this is, I met my wife at a party, and if I had been to the same party and she were dressed in different clothes, I might never have talked to her. She might have projected something that I found distasteful, even if she otherwise looked exactly the same - a beautiful woman to me.”
“My wife thinks I have an obsession with social class. So I guess I have an obsession with social class. It probably stems from feeling like an outcast.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Melodrama and melodramatic are not the same thing, and often people make the mistake of confusing the two.”
“My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I'd heard all the stories.”
“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.”
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