I Was 12 Or 13 Years Old.

Classical Scores Go Up And Down; They're Kind Of Hysterical In A Way. And Movie Scores Are Much More - They Just Drive And Move Forward, And They Build And Can't Go Up And Down At That Same Speed. It's A Big Job To Turn That Into Something That Pushes The Movie Along.

As Filmmakers, We Can Show Where A Person's Mind Goes, As Opposed To Theater, Which Is More To Sit Back And Watch It.

I've Been Joking That If Madonna Taught Us Anything, You've Got To Reinvent Yourself. I Think It's Important As A Filmmaker, As Any Person Working In The Arts, That You've Got To Try New Stuff And Challenge Yourself And Take Chances. I've Tried To Take A Chance With Every Film I've Done - I've Never Done It The Easy Way, And I Think That's Because That's What Excites Me, Is Making As Big A Mountain As I Can In Front Of Me, And Just Trying To Mount It.

Now There Is So Much Expertise And Brainpower It's Hard To Be At The Cutting Edge Of What's Cool And Not Do Something That's Totally Geeky.

In The Story, Which Is Only A Few Chapters Long In Genesis, Noah Never Even Speaks Until After The Flood - But When You Have Russell Crowe, You're Going To Make Him Speak.