Carter Burwell Quotes

When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy. - Carter Burwell

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

The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face. - Carter Burwell

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

Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me. - 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 that there can't be more like it is one of the reasons it's admirable. - Carter Burwell

New Yorkers may think they're on some cutting edge, but that's not especially true. It is, however, the most exciting heterogeneous mess of a town I've ever seen. - Carter Burwell

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

Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives of the studio, the producer, and the audience. It is very hard to accomplish anything in that situation. - Carter Burwell

Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter. - Carter Burwell

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