Cliff Martinez Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• If you want to survive in the film industry, it's not about fighting for your visions because that's a given. It's thinking about how much is your vision going to cost, and then, what are the consequences, because you may have $100 million, but the reality is that $100 million needs to make $500 million to be a success.

  Cliff Martinez

  Fighting, Reality, Thinking

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• Singer/songwriters spend two or three years making an album, and then it goes up for sale and everybody pirates it and you don't make any money. Whereas, writing a film score you still get presented with a paycheck.

  Cliff Martinez

  Writing, Two, Years

  "Neon Melodies: Composer Cliff Martinez Interviewed". Interview with Adam White, thequietus.com. July 1, 2016.

• I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role.

  Cliff Martinez

  Giving, Directors, Roles

  "Neon Melodies: Composer Cliff Martinez Interviewed". Interview with Adam White, thequietus.com. July 1, 2016.

• For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time.

  Cliff Martinez

  Writing, Cutting, Waste

• I actually don't see that strong of a connection between my background as a rock 'n roller and my early films. In a way I think your musical identity in film work is determined by the jobs that come your way.

  Cliff Martinez

  Strong, Jobs, Thinking

• I've always been very left of center and the radio never had much diversity and film did.

  Cliff Martinez

  Diversity, Radio, Film

• The way that I make films is that I sit down and I think, "How much money could I get with less consequences?" And that's how I start. I'd rather have less money and total autonomy than more money and start having to answer to things, because then I'm not being true and the money men are not being true.

  Cliff Martinez

  Men, Thinking, Answers

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• When you've finished the film and everybody's already made back all their money, everybody just leaves you alone and I'm very happy. That's what it has to be like.

  Cliff Martinez

  Film, Made, Very Happy

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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