Martin Scorsese Quotes

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Image, Actually, I was rock climbing on this film at 7 in the morning.

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Actually, I was rock climbing on this film at 7 in the morning. It was quite unique! But in any event, the colour of the leaves disturbed me so we had to work on that. On the other hand, I didn't want to drench it in a kind of depressing tone.

—Martin Scorsese

Image, Being a father at a later age is different from when I

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Being a father at a later age is different from when I had my other two daughters when I was in my 20s and 30s. If you're in your 60s and you're with the kid every day, you're dealing with the mind of a child, so it opens up that childishness in you again.

—Martin Scorsese

Image, All I can do is try to do the best work I

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All I can do is try to do the best work I can. I need to work, I like to work... although I complain about it, but I do like it - and I just need to make the best film I can.

—Martin Scorsese

Image, If it’s a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think

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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

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Image, I was saying as a joke the other day that I love

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I was saying as a joke the other day that I love film editing, I know how to cut a picture, I think I know how to shoot it, but I don't know how to light it. And I realize it's because I didn't grow up with light. I grew up in tenements.

—Martin Scorsese

Image, Death comes in a flash, and that’s the truth of it, the

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Death comes in a flash, and that's the truth of it, the person's gone in less than 24 frames of film.

—Martin Scorsese

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It is not the most brilliant that excel in film, but the most patient!

—Martin Scorsese

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Being independent... is being innovative out of inspiration as well as necessity.

—Martin Scorsese

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Image, My working-class Italian-American parents didn’t go to school, there were no books

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My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.

—Martin Scorsese

Image, That subject matter has never left me…The more you’re in the

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That subject matter has never left me...The more you're in the material world, the more there is a tendency for a search for serenity and a need to not be distracted by physical elements that are around you.

—Martin Scorsese

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Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.

—Martin Scorsese

Image, The term ‘giant’ is used too often to describe artists. But in

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The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits.

—Martin Scorsese

Image, The tone of the picture and the atmosphere was in my head

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The tone of the picture and the atmosphere was in my head and in my blood in a way once I'd decided to make the picture. I had to find my way through that to choose, select, emphasise certain visual elements and sound.

—Martin Scorsese

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Image, Michael Jackson was extraordinary, When we worked together on ‘Bad,’ I

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Michael Jackson was extraordinary, When we worked together on 'Bad,' I was in awe of his absolute mastery of movement on the one hand, and of the music on the other. Every step he took was absolutely precise and fluid at the same time. It was like watching quicksilver in motion. He was wonderful to work with, an absolute professional at all times, and it really goes without saying... a true artist. It will be a while before I can get used to the idea that he's no longer with us.

—Martin Scorsese

Image, I always say that I’ve been in a bad mood for maybe 35

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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.

—Martin Scorsese

Image, Our world is so glutted with useless information, images, useless images, sounds,

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Our world is so glutted with useless information, images, useless images, sounds, all this sort of thing. It's a cacophony, it's like a madness I think that's been happening in the past twenty-five years. And I think anything that can help a person sit in a room alone and not worry about it is good.

—Martin Scorsese

Image, [Kubrick] was unique in the sense that with each new film he

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[Kubrick] was unique in the sense that with each new film he redefined the medium and its possibilities. But he was more than just a technical innovator. Like all visionaries, he spoke the truth. And no matter how comfortable we think we are with the truth, it always comes as a profound shock when we're forced to meet it face-to-face.