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Alex North

"Being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could relate to the hero."

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"Composers today get a TV script on Friday and have to record on Tuesday. It's just dreadful to impose on gifted talent and expect decent music under these conditions."
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"When I decided to go to a country that subsidized music, I went to the Soviet Union for two years."
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"The United States and Turkey are the only two countries that don't have some kind of subsidy for the Arts. The whole culture in society has made certain films more acceptable. I turned down so many films in the '60s and '70s."
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"Being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could relate to the hero."
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