I've been in movies where the movie doesn't come together but the role comes together, or the movie comes together but the role doesn't come together or something like that. Something misses. It's very difficult to make it hit on all cylinders - it's just very rare.
Movies are - all I've found is that they're just tougher and tougher to make.
It's hard to shoot anything in L.A.; it's just a chore, but they're great here.
In most multiple composer situations, you find it because someone got nervous about the music and insisted that somebody else come in and help.
Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed.
The physical stuff of a movie is difficult. It's one of those things where it's just harder than it looks.
I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter.
In video games and animation, you find that the toughest things to make different are the things that aren't words: grunts, groans, gasps.
Making a record's really hard. You deal with the money stuff - you never have the budget you need. You're working with so many egos.
I find being an adult very difficult. Being an adult artist, Asian American, incredibly difficult. Or trying, anyway.
I love story songs. It's just, for me, they're harder to write, and sometimes they sound too intended or something.
Making a great television show is hard enough. To also tackle F. Scott - whoa.
To make a successful film from a successful play is probably much more difficult than making one from scratch, just as any carpenter will tell you that it is more difficult to restore an old house than to build a comparable new one.
The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough times in the studio in the past, but after four weeks most of the material would have been recorded. This time it seemed like it just goes on and on.
For me personally, and I'm sure not everyone is like this. But for me I find it difficult to choreograph in the daytime.
