I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
If you don’t like the films of Samuel Fuller , then you just don’t like cinema. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
My films really have to be a part of a whole body of work that says something to me. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
If you’re looking for the origins of film culture in America, look no further than Amos Vogel. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
Music and film are inseparable. They always have been and always will be. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
There are movies that change the whole way in which films are made, like Klute, where Gordon Willis’s photography on the film… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
Some of my films are known for the depiction of violence. I don't have anything to prove with that any more. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
All I can do is try to do the best work I can. I need to work, I like to work... although… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
Can a film really change anything? I mean, what was the last time? Maybe the Italian neo-realists, where they became the voice… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I'd like to do a number of films. Westerns. Genre pieces. Maybe another film about Italian Americans where they're not gangsters, just… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I think there's only one or two films where I've had all the financial support I needed. All the rest, I wish… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
“I had a fascination with 3D that goes back to the View-Master. I'd always dreamed of making a film in 3D. It's… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
We can't keep thinking in a limited way about what cinema is. We still don't know what cinema is. Maybe cinema could… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
In truly great films - the ones that people need to make, the ones that start speaking through them, the ones that… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
There are movies that change the whole way in which films are made, like Klute, where Gordon Willis’s photography on the film… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
People want to classify and say, 'OK, this is a gangster film.' 'This is a Western.' 'This is a... ' You know?… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I wish I could play music. I think I get as closeas possible with the editing of the films. Over the years… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
And so you try your best. Sometimes you go in with one thing, with one desire and come out with something else.… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
For me, the key image is the boat coming through the fog at the beginning. It's something I imagined and liked and… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
“I would have practically done all my films in 3D. There is something that 3D gives to the picture that takes you… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
You have to remain strong. That's the kind of filmmaker I want to encourage. Orson Welles was the one who said, you… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
If Kubrick had lived to see the opening of his final film, he obviously would have been disappointed by the hostile reactions.… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
“My father took me to see this film in 1950, when I was eight years old. And I’ve never forgotten it. I… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I didn't realize there are generations who do not know about the origins of film. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
It is not the most brilliant that excel in film, but the most patient! — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I'm not a Hollywood director. I'm an in spite of Hollywood director. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The fact that food plays such an important part in my films has everything to do with my family. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share
Being independent... is being innovative out of inspiration as well as necessity. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share
We can't keep thinking in a limited way about what cinema is. We still don't know what cinema is. Maybe cinema could only really… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share
Rock & roll seemed to just come to us, on the radio and in the record stores. It became our music. . . But… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share
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… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share
Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share
I've been extremely lucky to work with Elmer Bernstein, Howard Shore over the years, but I've always imagined films with my own scores, because… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share
People want to classify and say, 'OK, this is a gangster film.' 'This is a Western.' 'This is a... ' You know? It's easy… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share
“Movies touch our hearts and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places, they open doors… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share
You have to remain strong. That's the kind of filmmaker I want to encourage. Orson Welles was the one who said, you know, you… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share
You can be born-again and believe in Jesus, believe in Jesus' ideas and try to live them out, without becoming totally intolerant of other… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share