I guess I'd like to have my cake and eat it, too. I want to be known for having a recognizable style. I believe having your own personal identity is what makes you competitive. On the other hand, I would like to be versatile and be challenged to go in new directions.

I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role.

I'm kind of conservative. I like to build on what I've done in the past and try something new.

There's nothing worse than a director that keeps changing their mind. Because, unlike the directors I work with, I'm not decisive at all.

I've always been very left of center and the radio never had much diversity and film did.

When you've finished the film and everybody's already made back all their money, everybody just leaves you alone and I'm very happy. That's what it has to be like.

I know so few people who actually give music their undivided attention, so I've been trying to just park myself on the couch between the speakers and listen.