Aspect Quote by Carter Burwell

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

— Carter Burwell

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

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

— Carter Burwell

Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.

— Carter Burwell

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

— Carter Burwell

If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun.

— Carter Burwell

There is not much irony when people are being happy on screen.

— Carter Burwell

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

— Carter Burwell

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

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

I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.

— Carter Burwell

I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

— Carter Burwell