I Was Born In 1942, So I

I Was Saying As A Joke The Other Day That I Love Film Editing, I Know How To Cut A Picture, I Think I Know How To Shoot It, But I Don't Know How To Light It. And I Realize It's Because I Didn't Grow Up With Light. I Grew Up In Tenements.

I'm In A Different Chapter Of My Life. As Time Goes By And I Grow Older, I Find That I Need To Just Be Quiet And Think. There Have Been Periods When I've Locked Myself Away For Days, But Now It's Different - I'm Married And We Have A Daughter Who Is In My Office The Whole Time.

As A Child I Had Terrible Asthma.

I've Been Extremely Lucky To Work With Elmer Bernstein, Howard Shore Over The Years, But I've Always Imagined Films With My Own Scores, Because I Don't Come From That World Or That Period Of Filmmaking. And So How Could I Make Up My Own Score On A Film Like This Where It Isn't Necessarily Made Up Of Popular Music From The Radio Or The Period; It Isn't Necessarily Classical Music. But What If It's Modern Symphonic Music?

I'm Very Phobic About Flying, But I'm Also Drawn To It.