I had to do this very aggressive, big score in a very short time, and knowing that in the beginning, middle, and end would be this very, very famous theme, but I still had to weave a score around it and make it work as a score was really challenging.

These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.

I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.

Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?

I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning.