Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
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… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Even if I went off to some other career, I hope I would still be doing Coen films. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not to say that the instrumentation is always unique, but… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
