I think all the great studio filmmakers are dead or no longer working. I don't put myself, my friends, and other contemporary… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I don't think there is any difference between fantasy and reality in the way these should be approached in a film. Of… — 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
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
Mean Streets dealt with the American Dream, according to which everybody thinks they can get rich quick, and if they can't do… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I was saying as a joke the other day that I love film editing, I know how to cut a picture, I… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I think if you think of yourself as religious and if you're given a gift, some may not think it's that great… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
“Because of the movies I make, people get nervous, because they think of me as difficult and angry. I am difficult and… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
[Kubrick] was unique in the sense that with each new film he redefined the medium and its possibilities. But he was more… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
Our world is so glutted with useless information, images, useless images, sounds, all this sort of thing. It's a cacophony, it's like… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
Orson Welles was a force of nature, who just came in and wiped the slate clean. And Citizen Kane is the greatest… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I'm in a different chapter of my life. As time goes by and I grow older, I find that I need to… — 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
[Action's] a Western thing. We think of the hero going into battle, rebelling against a government or an oppressor, but [in KUNDUN]… — 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
I was rather shaken by all the green trees. I always am. It gets me. I don't want to be funny about… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think when you're young and have that first burst of energy and make five or six pictures in a row that… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
If we just sit and exist, and understand that, I think it will be helpful in a world that seems like a… — 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
Always get to the set or the location early, so that you can be all alone and draw your inspiration for 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
![“[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…” quote by Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0c3/martin-scorsese-1663_comfortable_kubrick-was-unique-in-the-sense-that-wit_1653152.jpg)
![“[Action's] a Western thing. We think of the hero going into battle, rebelling against a government or an oppressor, but [in KUNDUN] action is nonaction or what appears to be nonaction. That's a hard concept for Western audiences. . . . We wanted to show a kind of moral action, a spiritual action…” quote by Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/77e/martin-scorsese-1663_action_action-s-a-western-thing-we-think-of-the_2942348.jpg)
