I was a trader for a company. That's different from the brokers who we sort of disdain as sort of just errand boys.

Music or sound in a film is a character as important as another character.

Essentially, I'm, most of all, a writer. So, what makes people tick interests me.

I make a film like I cook for friends. I hope they like it, but if they don't, I'm prepared to enjoy it all by myself.

Directors love to do music, they've been doing that all along.

I'm not a cinematic cinematic person. I go to the movies like I did back when I was a kid. I go to the movies and I sit down. If the music works, hmm. If it doesn't work, hmm. The whole concept of the thing, not as one piece here or there. For me, music is a large part.

Music is for theater like theater is for scripts. It's total: it's cyclical.