Cinema Quote by Thelma Schoonmaker

Scorsese is a fan of improv and is always pushing actors to think up something that would make the scene more fun. He loves…

— Michael Stuhlbarg

I love working with Scorsese. He's not only a brilliant director and is great working with actors, but he's also a walking human film…

— Steve Buscemi

A good working relationship between an actor and the director is very important. It takes a while to build a comfort zone because filmmaking…

— Rasika Dugal

I've always had good relationships with directors. I'm one of those people where, if there's a good idea coming from the sound guy, I'll…

— Patrick Wilson

Martin Scorsese was very much the actor's director. We were all very in awe of Martin Scorsese.

— John Heard

You have to really be able to trust the director. It's about the filmmaker and whether or not I'm going to be able to…

— Cameron Diaz

From the moment I met Martin Scorsese in 1962, he educated me about the films that had taught him so much about filmmaking. He…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

I think it's important for a filmmaker to know his actors, because you have to work so closely together and you have to like…

— Udo Kier

If I'm going to produce something, it's going to be with somebody I think is special. Once I go beyond a handful of directors,…

— Irwin Winkler

I always try to develop a good relationship with the director on any film and make sure that we want the same things and…

— Alexandre Desplat

Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel…

— Robert De Niro

Scorsese will only work with brilliant material. And everyone wants to work with him.

— Jason Statham