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I was never that into the movies. Never. Even as a youngster. I became interested in movie music only because of the studio orchestras in Hollywood.

— John Williams

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Yes was a band where we could explore some of those ideas, but I knew that if I wanted to get into orchestral music and make a living at it, movies seemed to be a perfect spot.

— Trevor Rabin

I always wanted to go into film. I love film. I loved growing up in the theatre, but I always wanted to do film all along. But, I still pursue music separately.

— Sabrina Lloyd

I've been wanting to go into music ever since I can remember. I mean even before I became an actor. I just thought it would be a tough field to break into, so I became an actor instead.

— River Phoenix

I sort of grew up doing theater. And that's how I got into film, actually.

— Paul Dano

My pursuit was more in the music thing, so I never went out pursuing movies. It was more just pursuing my singing career because people came to me for singing more than they did for doing movies.

— Darlene Love

There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.

— Damien Chazelle

Yeah, I've played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up, and I've even had to play music in a lot of films that I've done.

— Alessandro Nivola

So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.

— Vanessa Brown

✗Opposing Perspectives

I've always listened to a lot of film music, actually.

— Marc Newson

I was always into music, but I wanted to do film when I was kid. I remember seeing big movies and wanting to do them. Then I was lucky enough to act in some of them, and I fell in love with it.

— Matthew James Thomas