I agree with Stephen. This issue (VERY IMPORTANT) starts from bar one of the score. Fight the dialogue and even sound and you will fight the director. Remember - he has spent what to him seems like a lifetime on all aspects of the production. He listens to the first cue for 'approval' and you step all over his 'work' - expect major re-writes.[8o|] There will be plenty of scenes / montages where you can let er rip[<:o)]
I think many times spoken parts (and to the some degree sound) is like doing an arrangement for a vocal track - lots of 'questions and answers' - fitting in an echo motif in just the right spot to heighten the emotional content of the scene.
Rob