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Carter Burwell Quotes

I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: composer
Nationality: american
Birth: November 19, 1955

Topics

Music Myself Write Director Please

I actually love actresses who look like they feel really natural. I like Patricia Clarkson, Laura Linney, Frances McDormand. Those are actresses where the second they show up on screen you're like, oh my gosh, this movie just got so much better.

Love Better Feel You Look Up

I have an intuition, and usually my intuition is right. I have a feeling for whether a role will be good or bad for me, and I almost never make a mistake.

Good Mistake Me Bad Feeling Never

I'm passionate again about writing. This is important to me; it's got to be the comeback book.

Me Writing Book Comeback Important

Most people are basically a victim of the circumstances of their life. They have things like 9/11, they have terrorism threats, they have new war threats, they have economy problems, and they think, 'What can I do? I'm basically a victim.'

Life War People Problems Think New

My best memories are because I was on teams I love - even going back to being a kid. Not just in the NBA.

Love Memories Best Back Kid Going

Realizing the responsibility I've been entrusted with... it's humbling. Very humbling.

Responsibility Been Humbling Very

I always wanted that house where everybody wants to go, full of energy, dogs, music, fun.

Music Fun Energy House Go Dogs

Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.

Culture Complex Biologically

I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than life's daily routines... to think beyond what is immediate or convenient.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Life Music Daily Dance Me World

Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.

Good You Outsider Being Writer

I went to a festival pretending to work as a journalist to get free tickets and interview people I really admired. I remember one of these people was Guillermo del Toro.

Juan Antonio Bayona

Work People Free Remember Pretending

Someone with 4As at A-level from Eton may look good on paper and come across as very smooth, but push a bit more, and often you get the impression they have learned to pass exams rather than think for themselves.

Good Think Push Someone You Look

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