13 Quotes By Carter Burwell


Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.
Carter Burwell on death

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.
Carter Burwell on death

I'm one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be good for my health, but it definitely helps.
Carter Burwell on health

Even if I went off to some other career, I hope I would still be doing Coen films.
Carter Burwell on hope

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.
Carter Burwell on humor

The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.
Carter Burwell on inspirational

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.
Carter Burwell on learning

John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of my life back then.
Carter Burwell on movies

Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not to say that the instrumentation is always unique, but that the relationship between the sound and the image is unique.
Carter Burwell on relationship

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.
Carter Burwell on romantic

In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.
Carter Burwell on romantic

I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities.
Carter Burwell on science

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.
Carter Burwell on society