--- title: "3 Asthma Quotes By Martin Scorsese" description: "3 Asthma quotes by Martin Scorsese. Plus more from Martin Scorsese and more Asthma sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/martin-scorsese-1663_asthma_as-a-child-i-had-terrible-asthma-84369_84369.jpg" --- > [As a child I had terrible asthma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/as-a-child-i-had-terrible-asthma/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/martin-scorsese-1663_asthma_as-a-child-i-had-terrible-asthma-84369_84369.jpg) > [I was rather shaken by all the green trees. I always am. It gets me. I don't want to be funny about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-was-rather-shaken-by-all-the-green-trees-i-always-am-it-gets-me-i/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/martin-scorsese-1663_asthma_i-was-rather-shaken-by-all-the-green-tre_1122653.jpg) > [The only way I was able to defend myself was to be able to take punishment. Then I got a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/the-only-way-i-was-able-to-defend-myself-was-to-be-able-to-take/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d1/martin-scorsese-1663_able_the-only-way-i-was-able-to-defend-myself_2417797.jpg) ## Other authors on Asthma - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jackie-joynerkersee-45581.jpg) Jackie Joyner-Kersee 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asthma/jackie-joyner-kersee/) ## More by Martin Scorsese > [The young people today are the 21st century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/the-young-people-today-are-the-21st-century/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/there-was-always-a-part-of-me-that-wanted-to-be-an-old-time-director/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [Being independent... is being innovative out of inspiration as well as necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/being-independent-is-being-innovative-out-of-inspiration-as-well-as/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [I have a desire to tell stories. And I'm never quite satisfied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-have-a-desire-to-tell-stories-and-i-m-never-quite-satisfied/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/we-can-t-keep-thinking-in-a-limited-way-about-what-cinema-is-we-still/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [As a child I had terrible asthma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/as-a-child-i-had-terrible-asthma/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [Rock & roll seemed to just come to us, on the radio and in the record stores. It became our music. . . But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/rock-roll-seemed-to-just-come-to-us-on-the-radio-and-in-the-record/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/working-with-hbo-was-an-opportunity-to-experience-creative-freedom/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/any-film-or-to-me-any-creative-endeavour-no-matter-who-you-re-working/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-ve-been-extremely-lucky-to-work-with-elmer-bernstein-howard-shore/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [People want to classify and say, 'OK, this is a gangster film.' 'This is a Western.' 'This is a... ' You know? It's easy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/people-want-to-classify-and-say-ok-this-is-a-gangster-film-this-is-a/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [I wish I could do everything in 3D.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-wish-i-could-do-everything-in-3d/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [“Movies touch our hearts and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places, they open doors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/movies-touch-our-hearts-and-awaken-our-vision-and-change-the-way-we/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/you-have-to-remain-strong-that-s-the-kind-of-filmmaker-i-want-to/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/you-can-be-born-again-and-believe-in-jesus-believe-in-jesus-ideas-and/) [Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asthma/martin-scorsese/#itemlist", "name": "3 Asthma Quotes By Martin Scorsese", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As a child I had terrible asthma.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Scorsese" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/as-a-child-i-had-terrible-asthma/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/martin-scorsese-1663_asthma_as-a-child-i-had-terrible-asthma-84369_84369.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/martin-scorsese-1663_asthma_as-a-child-i-had-terrible-asthma-84369_84369.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/martin-scorsese-1663_asthma_as-a-child-i-had-terrible-asthma-84369_84369.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As a child I had terrible asthma.” — Martin Scorsese", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was rather shaken by all the green trees. 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