“The kinds of projects that people hire me on are the ones where they w...” — Bear McCreary Quote

The kinds of projects that people hire me on are the ones where they want something unusual and interesting.

Elmer had a sailboat. Every summer he would take it up to Alaska and come back down, and he kept his boat in Bellingham Harbor. Joe Coons ran the local boat club. That's how I met Elmer Bernstein. And I ended up working for Elmer for seven to 10 years.

To me, the bar for television music is forever set by Shirley Walker's score for 'Batman: The Animated Series.'

When I go to gaming circles on I'm a 'God of War' guy. I'm in horror circles, I'm 'The Walking Dead' guy. In sci-fi, yes, there's 'Battlestar,' but there's also weird fare, like '10 Cloverfield Lane.' 'Outlander' is a historical epic, and there's 'Black Sails.'

Some people, especially literary people, they think, 'I'll write this original script, and it will be full of ideas. I'll submit it, and they'll hire me for television.' That's not the case.

I always tell people that you should only hire people to be on your team if you would work for them.

You can't hire someone to practice for you.

I think I probably think about myself as an actor, which is the way most people do. I think I'm good, I don't think I'm great. I think I would hire somebody else to play me in the movie about me.

You're only as good as the people you hire.