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> [Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/howard-hughes-was-this-visionary-who-was-obsessed-with-speed-and/)

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

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> [One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/one-of-the-things-is-that-the-good-intentions-of-prohibition-from/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/martin-scorsese-1663_becoming_one-of-the-things-is-that-the-good-inten_1330823.jpg)

> [A lot of what I'm obsessed with is the relationship and the dynamics between people and the family, particularly brothers and their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/a-lot-of-what-i-m-obsessed-with-is-the-relationship-and-the-dynamics/)

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

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> [I'm obsessed with New York. I just find it so remarkable. You really treasure this city when you go to different countries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/i-m-obsessed-with-new-york-i-just-find-it-so-remarkable-you-really/)

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

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> [Vertigo is probably my favourite Hitchcock film and probably one of my favourite films of all time. It's a film that I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/vertigo-is-probably-my-favourite-hitchcock-film-and-probably-one-of/)

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

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## Other authors on Obsessed

## 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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