List of Carter Burwell Quotes

I Think Being A Little Nuts Is Helpful.

I Don't Generally Find Myself Listening To The Music Of A Film Unless There's Something Awfully Wrong With It.

Conducting, I Tried It Once Off The Cuff, And Quickly Realized There Were Subtle Aspects That I Was Missing. There Is A Lot More To It That I Was Able To Grasp Simply By Watching Conductors.

Connection Is What One Is After In Probably Most Media, But Certainly In Film, Which Is An Immersive Medium.

Carefully Execute Every Instruction Given To You By The Director, Producer, And Studio. But That Would Be A Life Not Worth Living.

I Dont Find Myself Lobbying For Projects. Filmmakers Almost Always Come To Me.

A Carefree Quality Is A Whole Aspect Of Life That I Will Never Understand. I Don't Think I Have Ever Been Carefree And Can't See The Pleasure Of It.

I Would Like To Do A Science Fiction Film Some Day. Star Wars Seems Really To Have Destroyed The Genre, Which At One Time Offered Great Musical Opportunities.

I Just Love The Sheer Mess Of New York.

In Mainstream Romantic Comedies, I'm Usually Tearing My Hair Out. It's Just A Devastatingly Difficult Genre For Me.

There Is Not Much Irony When People Are Being Happy On Screen.

If Someone Suddenly Lost Their Director The Day Before Shooting And Wanted Me To Step In, I'd Be Willing To. But I'd Do Brain Surgery The Same Way. I'm Always Up For Something New.