Martin Scorsese quotes - page 2

Martin Scorsese is an acclaimed American film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his influential work in cinema. His movies often explore themes such as crime, guilt, and redemption, and feature innovative storytelling techniques. He has received numerous awards and is widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Here are 97 of his quotes:

People want to classify and say, 'OK, this is a gangster film.' 'This is a Western.' 'This is a... ' You know? It's easy to classify and it makes people feel comfortable, but it doesn't matter, it doesn't really matter.

Martin Scorsese

What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant the total destruction of Tibet, because he would have died and that would have ripped the heart out of his people.

Martin Scorsese

If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying within the structure of the script.

Martin Scorsese

I was born in 1942, so I was mainly aware of Howard Hughes' name on RKO Radio Pictures.

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Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt.

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I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways.

Martin Scorsese

I'm going to be 60, and I'm almost used to myself.

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There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

Martin Scorsese

And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.

Martin Scorsese

I always say that I've been in a bad mood for maybe 35 years now. I try to lighten it up, but that's what comes out when you get me on camera.

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I don't agree with everything he did in his life, but we're dealing with this Howard Hughes, at this point. And also ultimately the flaw in Howard Hughes, the curse so to speak.

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I certainly wasn't able to get it when I was a kid growing up on the Lower East Side; it was very hard at that time for me to balance what I really believed was the right way to live with the violence I saw all around me - I saw too much of it among the people I knew.

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I can't really envision a time when I'm not shooting something.

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Every year or so, I try to do something; it keeps me refreshed as to what's going on in front of the lens, and I understand what the actor is going through.

Martin Scorsese

My father had this mythological sense of the old New York, and he used to tell me stories about these old gangs, particularly the Forty Thieves in the Fourth Ward.

Martin Scorsese

Working with HBO was an opportunity to experience creative freedom and 'long-form development' that filmmakers didn't have a chance to do before the emergence of shows like 'The Sopranos.'

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As you grow older, you change.

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I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films.

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Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.

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Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine - that sort of thing.

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You gotta understand, when moving images first started, people wanted sound, color, big screen and depth.

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If everything moves along and there are no major catastrophes we're basically headed towards holograms.

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