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title: "6 Maybe Quotes By Martin Scorsese"
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> [We can't keep thinking in a limited way about what cinema is. We still don't know what cinema is. Maybe cinema could…](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/)

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> [Can a film really change anything? I mean, what was the last time? Maybe the Italian neo-realists, where they became the voice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/can-a-film-really-change-anything-i-mean-what-was-the-last-time-maybe/)

[Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/)

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> [I'd like to do a number of films. Westerns. Genre pieces. Maybe another film about Italian Americans where they're not gangsters, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-d-like-to-do-a-number-of-films-westerns-genre-pieces-maybe-another/)

[Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/)

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> [I think all of us, under certain circumstances, could be capable of some very despicable acts. And that's why, over the years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-think-all-of-us-under-certain-circumstances-could-be-capable-of/)

[Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/)

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> [I think when you're young and have that first burst of energy and make five or six pictures in a row that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-think-when-you-re-young-and-have-that-first-burst-of-energy-and/)

[Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/)

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> [I'm sad to see celluloid go, there's no doubt. But, you know, nitrate went, by the way, in 1971. If you ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-m-sad-to-see-celluloid-go-there-s-no-doubt-but-you-know-nitrate/)

[Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/)

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## Other authors on Maybe

## 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/)

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