I'm very phobic about flying, but I'm also drawn to it.
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

It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods.
Martin Scorsese

It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.
Martin Scorsese

More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down.
Martin Scorsese

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.
Martin Scorsese

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

There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut.
Martin Scorsese

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