Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes..

We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality..

I was always interested in movies the way everyone is interested. That is, I liked to go to the movies.

The mountain music... is compelling music in its own right, harking back to a time when music was a part of everyday life and not something performed….

There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?.

When the movie's done, you talk about either the score or source music over a particular scene, what might work. You just throw a piece of music over….

You don't cast the animal, per se. You have an animal trainer who looks for several of them. That is a different experience than dealing with actors.….

Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, a….

Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you a lot more slack if you spend les….

It's just an impulse, in some actors. You want to make the audience like you. That's the aim of the exercise..