Carter Burwell Quotes

In the life of a director - these days in particular - when it really does take so long to do a movie, with a few exceptions, actors may never work with a director again, even if they're great friends.

These actors who were in 'Dope' are the actors I want to continue to collaborate and make films with from here on out.

And I just want to work with good directors and good people.

I love working with the same actors repeatedly. That happens a lot. It's kind of inevitable, especially if you work with the same writers and directors and you start to form a company of actors. You gravitate towards each other.

There are certainly producers I hang with and directors I hang with and actors I hang with.

I feel that I don't have to wait around for good scripts anymore, that I can get things moving more quickly. I can ring up directors I like and say I'm keen to work with them, which is pretty great.

I have enjoyed all the artists I've worked with.

I met the Coens here a few years ago and they said they liked my work.

Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.

Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences.

I'm drawn to people rather than mediums - directors, writers, actors.

I think the movie business, you meet people, and you work intensely with them, and you have these relationships - there's an intimacy to it and a familiarity to the relationship because you're having to let go of all your barriers so you can let people in and work with them.

I'm very interested in film, but any more involvement would happen organically. I'm not really seeking anything out, just looking at projects that come up that interest me.

TV [series] is a six-year decision. It's not four or five weeks. If a filmmaker and I don't get along, it's four weeks of your life, so whatever.

Not many people get that chance to have multiple studios wanting you to make a movie with them.

I want to work with Farhan Akhtar.

I feel I don't face issues because I never seek work actively.

I probably won't direct the stories I am writing but will star in them.

I feel blessed to be working with a banner like Dharma Productions.

I do a film only when I feel I will be comfortable with the set-up and other members of the team.

But I am not the sort of person who would go and seek work. I believe that if I do my job well work will come to me.

I would even commit seven years to a film for Rajamouli.

Prior to 'Insidious Chapter 3,' I was happy to write movies for James Wan to direct as I felt very much that I was one half of a duo. I looked at us as a team who works together and I was happy to be part of that, I was happy to effectively be the bass player in The Beatles.

Just getting to meet George Lucas was pretty amazing, and then working with him and getting to be part of this process... it's a great responsibility.

I bought the book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I paid to have it made into a play and I played in it for six months. I came back and I tried to make it into a movie, without success.