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.

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

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

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

When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy.

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.

I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.