It's very hard to write music for a film because you're writing about somebody else's experience.

I've often gone to start a film only to find the producers surprised to discover that I'm American.

The research period of a film is the most exciting part of the process, and filming is sometimes a letdown because when you're dealing with biopic material, the real thing is always much more intricate than the story told in the film.

I'd grown up loving English films, I was a huge Monty Python fanatic as a kid.

It's very hard to write music for a film because you're writing about somebody else's experience.

I love costumes. I love getting dressed up because it really helps my imagination make the leap to believe that I am who I say I am.

Acting can be very selfish and all-consuming.