A good film demands its own score, and if you are a musician, your conscience will never allow you to do something mediocre for a good film.
The more dollars the studio producers put in, the less freedom we have. If the budget hits $100m, they get scared - they'll take the existing score of a successful movie and expect composers to copy it, like wallpaper. The biggest challenge for any composer in Hollywood is to be as creative as possible within those boundaries.
It doesn't really matter the score or the situation: I got a job to do.
I think a top-class midfielder needs to be able to tackle, get up and down the pitch, pass, create opportunities, and score goals. That's why I try to do everything; that's what I judge my game on.
As a kid, I was always pretending to score the goal in the FA Cup final, and I managed to live my dream.
It's never been about my own runs. If I can score as many as possible to get us into a position to win, then I'll be a very happy man.
When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
My teammates have put me in all different kinds of positions to score goals, and I can't say it enough, and I really through and through believe it in my heart that I'm only as good as my teammates allow me to be.
I'd always like to score at Goodison Park, being an Everton fan growing up. Anfield as well would be a nice place to score.
We don't say anymore 'OK, we have a player who is unbelievably technically gifted, he will score us 20 goals but he doesn't have to work hard.' Everyone needs to put a shift in.
