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I liken movies to playing a piano: Sometimes you're playing the chords and different notes with unresolved cadences and playing all major chords that are all over the place, and you're enjoying yourself with a great, simple melody.

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.

I was really affected by 'The Piano.' Had I not seen that movie, I wouldn't have gone to film school.

I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films.

I view every film as a commitment to undertake a long journey.

Films are a whole new world that I'm excited to explore. But being on stage is very close to my heart; it has given me a sense of belonging. I will always try to find a way to balance both.

I guess why the Ocean's films are hard for me is because on the one hand you have to make sure the performances are there, but on the other hand it's a film that demands, to my mind, a very layered and complex visual scheme. That takes a lot of time to figure out.

I've played guitar and piano for a while, so it's really fun to play music on film.

With 'Bright Star' and with 'The Piano,' too, I felt a kind of sadness about it being in such a different era, because of my lack of experience with the era. And one of the ways I'd get over it is to remind myself that every film, even if it's contemporary, creates its own world.

Up until doing this movie, I hadn't really paid a huge amount of attention to those genres, but after finishing this movie, it really gave me a different sense of appreciation of the way the movies play out.