- Inspirational
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Cinema
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- Nov 07, 2020
On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact that there can't be more like it is one of the reasons it's admirable.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like business and personal life to be distinct.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
New Yorkers may think they're on some cutting edge, but that's not especially true. It is, however, the most exciting heterogeneous mess of a town I've ever seen.
- Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests me is a balance between light and dark.
- Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.
- Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I were in the audience.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be good for my health, but it definitely helps.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think being a little nuts is helpful.
- Environment
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- Nov 07, 2020
The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if I went off to some other career, I hope I would still be doing Coen films.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives of the studio, the producer, and the audience. It is very hard to accomplish anything in that situation.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of my life back then.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone suddenly lost their director the day before shooting and wanted me to step in, I'd be willing to. But I'd do brain surgery the same way. I'm always up for something new.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me.
- Missing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020