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The golden age of Hollywood was the conceit of the movie and the style of the movie.

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For me, like anyone, you want to go into a movie and have an enjoyable time where you're just involved.

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I know what my taste is, and I do like my touch on the piano.

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There was no saying I could ever step in and do what John does, because it'd be really hard to be John Williams.

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Losing makes you strong.

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I like being the underdog.

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I flew to England to see the rough cut of 'Revolutionary Road.' I was quite moved. As a married man, it's kind of disturbing to see a couple try so hard to work things out and fail so miserably.

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The idea of creating film scores was terrifying for many years, into my 30s. It struck me as a career of doing 30-page term papers the night before they're due.

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The fun for me musically is that you never quite know what works and why. So why pretend you do? Why not just put things together and discover, in the creative process, if and why they work? That approach has served me well.

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In general, I probably have a shy nature. So the idea of poking out with my music is probably not something I want to do.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: October 20th, 1955

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