Carter Burwell

John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of my life back then. ”

I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously. ”

I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people. ”

Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living. ”

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy. ”

In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me. ”

The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive. ”

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. ”

If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun. ”

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste. ”