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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.
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I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.
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Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.
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I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.
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I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it.
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All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.
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Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.
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I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards.
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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.
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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.
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John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.
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In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.
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I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.
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How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.
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