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The great composers I worked with along the way, I always felt they were filmmakers more than composers. They would talk about the story rather than the music.

I think of myself as a film composer.

So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that he can say, 'oh yeah - that's a great point.' And you never know; often you can help far more than you think you can, because there's so much more that he's juggling than an actor.

Somebody might get criticized for doing some movie that totally sucks, then turn around and be incredible. Every actor goes through that, not just musicians who act.

A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them.

Frankly, I get sick of being considered a 'young woman filmmaker' rather than an individual artist, as a man would be.

If a composer is to reach his audience emotionally - and surely that's what theatre music is all about - he must reach the people through sounds they can relate to.

Well, I think that a lot of times when you're working on a film, there aren't really opportunities to get to know all the people you have to work with.

I have tremendous respect for film composers.

Film composers are the most prolific music makers on this planet, and most of us are, like, losing our minds if we're doing five or more movies in a year.