I made my way on to a grey list, a black list even. That's something I'm very proud of, actually.

Today you have something like A Film by Joe Harry. That is patently asinine and ridiculous.

I made my way on to a grey list, a black list even. That's something I'm very proud of, actually.

One of the things that happens in the business is that success is a very strange thing in that if you are involved in something very successful the next person wants you to repeat it.

Jerry Goldsmith is the #1 composer working now. He's open to new ideas and always inventing.

All of a sudden I found myself doing things like 'Robot Monster' and 'Cat-Women of the Moon,' and I didn't know what the devil was going on. But if you're going to do areally bad movie, at least you do one that is at the top of the all-time bad-movie list.

There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself.