Top 114 Quotes by Martin Scorsese

About Martin Scorsese

These are some quotes by American author Martin Scorsese Director, who was born on November 17, 1942.

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.

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

The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music.

The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music.

Martin Scorsese

I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all.

I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all.

Martin Scorsese

Can a film really change anything? I mean, what was the last time? Maybe the Italian neo-realists, where they became the voice and the heart and the soul of Italy, a nation that had been destroyed. I don't know.

Martin Scorsese

Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was.

Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was.

Martin Scorsese

I love the look of planes and the idea of how a plane flies. The more I learn about it the better I feel; while I still may not like it, I have a sense of what is really happening.

I love the look of planes and the idea of how a plane flies. The more I learn about it the better I feel; while I still may not like it, I have a sense of what is really happening.

Martin Scorsese

I mean, music totally comes from your soul.

I mean, music totally comes from your soul.

Martin Scorsese

I would ask: Given the nature of free-market capitalism - where the rule is to rise to the top at all costs - is it possible to have a financial industry hero? And by the way, this is not a pop-culture trend we're talking about. There aren't many financial heroes in literature, theater or cinema.

Martin Scorsese

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

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

Martin Scorsese

As you grow older, you change.

As you grow older, you change.

Martin Scorsese

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