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“There have been several movies that I've done over the years that have got a bad shake - 'Speed Racer' was one of them. I loved that movie, and the fact it got such a bad reception was disheartening.”
“When I was growing up, every show had live music. Now, almost none have live music. Probably 97 percent of the shows on television are probably synthesized, or mostly synthesized, and that's a shame.”
“Life is #1 on the agenda, and #2 is work.”
“I like live musicians and personally orchestrate about 80 to 90% of all my scores.”
“My great uncle, my mom's uncle, had an appliance store in Philadelphia, and it was called Peter's TV. They sold stereos and televisions and washers, dryers, all kinds of stuff.”
“Working with Kevin Feige has just been a joy.”
“I've always, always, always listened to music since I was, like, 7 years old and made up stories in my head based on what I was hearing.”
“I like to write a piece of music that reflects how I felt about a film as opposed to, here's this action scene; here's this set piece.”
“The Internet's a crazy place to hang out because it's insane to see so many people doing so many creative things all over the map.”
“When you're starting out in this business, it's very easy to want to say yes to everything that's offered to you.”
“When I was 9, I saw 'Star Wars,' and it set me on a path to where I am today.”
“Art is difficult. It's not always going to please everyone; it's not always going to work the way you want it to work.”
“I think I learned everything about comedy and timing and drama from watching 'The Muppet Show,' which was one of the best shows ever produced.”
“I think that one of the things I'd learned from being so attentive to the careers of the people I've admired is the fact that they would say 'no' a lot. Early on, I took that as a cue to only work on things that I knew I would be passionate about.”
“I have tons of drawings of 'Star Wars,' whether it be stormtroopers, Darth Vader, Star Destroyers, or the whole thing.”
“I was obsessed with 'The Twilight Zone' as a kid, and one of those things I didn't realize until I was in college was that I had been listening to Bernard Herrmann all my life.”
“The very first game I worked on was for DreamWorks Interactive's 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park.'”
“My entire life was making movies.”
“One of the things I was never thrilled about with 'Medal of Honor' was that it was non-stop music.”
“That's the time I remember as a kid, being so excited to go to the movies. To be part of that now is really an amazing gift.”