57 Quotes by Thomas Newman

I just want my music to involve an audience in what's taking place onscreen.

The golden age of Hollywood was the conceit of the movie and the style of the movie.

For me, like anyone, you want to go into a movie and have an enjoyable time where you're just involved.

I know what my taste is, and I do like my touch on the piano.

There was no saying I could ever step in and do what John does, because it'd be really hard to be John Williams.

Losing makes you strong.

I like being the underdog.

The idea of creating film scores was terrifying for many years, into my 30s. It struck me as a career of doing 30-page term papers the night before they're due.

In general, I probably have a shy nature. So the idea of poking out with my music is probably not something I want to do.