There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.

I would certainly say that films like Time Code and the Loss of Sexual Innocence were far more rewarding to me in terms of being able to move forward as a filmmaker.

In discussing the process with the actors, I made it clear to them that they could improvise but that the sum total of their improvisation needed to impart certain plot points, and schematic material.

There's nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker

But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking.

I had no plans to be a director.

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.