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.

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.

John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.

I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards.

I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

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.

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.