I had a meeting in LA in which they took a really overstuffed hour and a half. It was as close to old Hollywood as I remembered it in the last 20 years.

Every time I hear, Cut. Print, something cold and electrical goes off in my head, because I'm never going to change that film.

Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them.

I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me.

When something really extreme happens, you have to find a way to embrace that and include it in how you think about the character. Sometimes it's not easy.

People are nice enough, but you can hear the giant tick of the second hand. People are so harried.

High school music teachers... nobody makes a living off it.