Elmer Bernstein

I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn't think about whether I was ready.

— Elmer Bernstein

When you stop to think about it, so many films today where we don't have that kind of contact are films about…

— Elmer Bernstein

There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But…

— Elmer Bernstein

I would do the occasional score. I thought it was the most thrilling thing. It was instant. You made the music and…

— Elmer Bernstein

I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies.

— Elmer Bernstein

I made my way on to a grey list, a black list even. That's something I'm very proud of, actually.

— Elmer Bernstein

Today you have something like A Film by Joe Harry. That is patently asinine and ridiculous.

— Elmer Bernstein

It was a great way to work. In those days, you had to be there. It was your world. It was your…

— Elmer Bernstein

All of a sudden I found myself doing things like 'Robot Monster' and 'Cat-Women of the Moon,' and I didn't know what…

— Elmer Bernstein

I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer…

— Elmer Bernstein

You wouldn't think it would but my parents were really balanced about that. When it came time for me to be out…

— Elmer Bernstein

One of the things that happens in the business is that success is a very strange thing in that if you are…

— Elmer Bernstein

Jerry Goldsmith is the #1 composer working now. He's open to new ideas and always inventing.

— Elmer Bernstein

Victor Young had been hired to write the score for the dances of The Ten Commandments but he became very ill. You…

— Elmer Bernstein