Martin Scorsese Quotes

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

Religion, Kindness, Terrible

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

Through, Understand, Try

Film in the 20th century, it's the American art form, like jazz.
Martin Scorsese

Art, American, Film

Hong Kong cinema is something you can't duplicate anyway.
Martin Scorsese

Cinema, Anyway, Duplicate

I also saw the Dalai Lama a few times.
Martin Scorsese

Few, Times, Dalai

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

I always wanted to make a film that had this sort of Chinese-box effect, in which you keep opening it up and opening it up, and finally at the end you're at the beginning.
Martin Scorsese

End, Keep, Wanted

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

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.
Martin Scorsese

Time, Live, Hard

I didn't realize there are generations who do not know about the origins of film.
Martin Scorsese

Film, Realize, Origins

I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.
Martin Scorsese

Peace, Mind, Able

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.
Martin Scorsese

Life, Everything, Speak

I don't like being in houses alone.
Martin Scorsese

I don't really see many people... don't really go anywhere either.
Martin Scorsese

Either, Anywhere

I don't think there's a subject matter that can't absorb 3-D; that can't tolerate the addition of depth as a storytelling technique.
Martin Scorsese

Matter, Subject, Tolerate

I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films.
Martin Scorsese

Through, Old, Films

I grew up in the Lower East Side, an Italian American - more Sicilian, actually.
Martin Scorsese

American, Actually, Side

I happen to like vampires more than zombies.
Martin Scorsese

Happen, Vampires, Zombies

I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest.
Martin Scorsese

Wanted, Ordinary, Priest

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

Good, Friends, Both

I loved the idea of seeing the world through a boy's eyes.
Martin Scorsese

Through, Eyes, Idea

I make different films now.
Martin Scorsese

Different, Films

I mean I have a project that I have been wanting to make for quite a while now; and basically, it's a story of my parents growing up in the Lower East Side.
Martin Scorsese

Parents, Mean, While

I mean, music totally comes from your soul.
Martin Scorsese

Music, Mean, Soul

I still dislike phones, yeah!
Martin Scorsese

Dislike, Yeah, Phones

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Nationality: American

Born: November 17, 1942

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