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Martin Scorsese Quotes

I know that I come from mid-20th century America, urban, specifically downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area, Roman Catholic - that’s who I am. And a part of what I know is there’s a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us and also the Skid Row area of the Bowery; it impressed me Picture Quote #1

Ooh, I’d love to be in a movie with Meryl Streep or Martin Scorsese. There are so many different things I want to do, maybe like a possessed child or an evil something... I don’t know! Picture Quote #1

You’re only as good as your body of work, and everybody has issues, whether it’s Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese. I’m not comparing myself to those guys, but you learn more from the misses than the hits Picture Quote #1

When I was growing up in the mid- 50s, the Roaring Twenties were a huge part of the culture. There were a number of films and a bunch of television shows that dealt with the mythology of the underworld from that period Picture Quote #1

During Prohibition, Atlantic City created the idea of the speakeasy, which turned into nightclubs and that extraordinary political complexity and corruption coming out of New Jersey at the time. The long hand that they had-and maybe still do-even had to do with presidential elections Picture Quote #1

Producing, for me anyway, it’s coming up with material. It’s sitting down with you know the likes of Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp, Michael Mann and talking about a movie and really creating something from nothing Picture Quote #1

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Actually, I was rock climbing on this film at 7 in the morning. It was quite unique! But in any event, the colour of the leaves disturbed me so we had to work on that. On the other hand, I didn’t want to drench it in a kind of depressing tone Picture Quote #1

The creation of the island, or the impression of the island, as it changes in the mind of the character also came in to play... there was another very important collaborator, Rob Legato, on special visual effects. And then ultimately there’s Thelma Schoonmaker, who keeps me focused during the editing of the picture Picture Quote #1

Oh, the foghorns... even the foghorns, they’re all brass. It’s something by Ingrid Marshal called Fog Tropes. It’s not a sound effect. It’s an actual piece of music. If you listen to what’s going on after he has a flashback about his wife you’ll hear... it sounds like the humpback whales in a way. But it’s all music. And we use it again later, too Picture Quote #1

I’ve been thrown out of schools and fired from jobs. I don’t want to work. I can honestly say I haven’t done an honest day’s work in my life Picture Quote #1

The problem with anger is that it’s so consuming. You’ve got to take it easy on yourself at a certain point Picture Quote #1

Sometimes God picks you up and tells you, You’ve been messing around now. You’re going to have to stop this, stop that, but I’ll give you another chance. And you wonder why you’re given another chance. It must be for something; it must be to celebrate life Picture Quote #1

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I always say that I’ve been in a bad mood for maybe 35 years now. I try to lighten it up, but that’s what comes out when you get me on camera Picture Quote #1

Being a father at a later age is different from when I had my other two daughters when I was in my 20s and 30s. If you’re in your 60s and you’re with the kid every day, you’re dealing with the mind of a child, so it opens up that childishness in you again Picture Quote #1

I look for a thematic idea running through my movies and I see that it’s the outsider struggling for recognition. I realize that all my life I’ve been an outsider, and above all, being lonely but never realizing it Picture Quote #1

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 people Picture Quote #1

My films really have to be a part of a whole body of work that says something to me Picture Quote #1

A lot of what I’m obsessed with is the relationship and the dynamics between people and the family, particularly brothers and their father Picture Quote #1

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I’m not videotaping my life, but in a way I am trying to put certain things about myself on canvas Picture Quote #1

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 of shows like ‘The Sopranos.’ Picture Quote #1

The real truth, I thought, in terms of what faith is and what Christianity is Picture Quote #1

You don’t make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it Picture Quote #1

Can a film really change anything? I mean, what was the last time? Maybe the Italian neo-realists, where they became the voice and the heart and the soul of Italy, a nation that had been destroyed. I don’t know Picture Quote #1

Sometimes when you’re heavy into the shooting or editing of a picture, you get to the point where you don’t know if you could ever do it again Picture Quote #1

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I grew up in the Lower East Side, an Italian American - more Sicilian, actually Picture Quote #1

I mean I have a project that I have been wanting to make for quite a while now; and basically, it’s a story of my parents growing up in the Lower East Side Picture Quote #1

I certainly wasn’t able to get it when I was a kid growing up on the Lower East Side; it was very hard at that time for me to balance what I really believed was the right way to live with the violence I saw all around me - I saw too much of it among the people I knew Picture Quote #1

Every year or so, I try to do something; it keeps me refreshed as to what’s going on in front of the lens, and I understand what the actor is going through Picture Quote #1

I don’t think there is any difference between fantasy and reality in the way these should be approached in a film. Of course if you live that way you are clinically insane Picture Quote #1

Music and film are inseparable. They always have been and always will be Picture Quote #1

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I know that I come from mid-20th century America, urban, specifically downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area, Roman Catholic - that’s who I am. And a part of what I know is there’s a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us and also the Skid Row area of the Bowery; it impressed me (Martin Scorsese Quotes) Ooh, I’d love to be in a movie with Meryl Streep or Martin Scorsese. There are so many different things I want to do, maybe like a possessed child or an evil something... I don’t know! (Martin Scorsese Quotes) You’re only as good as your body of work, and everybody has issues, whether it’s Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese. I’m not comparing myself to those guys, but you learn more from the misses than the hits (Martin Scorsese Quotes) When I was growing up in the mid- 50s, the Roaring Twenties were a huge part of the culture. There were a number of films and a bunch of television shows that dealt with the mythology of the underworld from that period (Martin Scorsese Quotes) During Prohibition, Atlantic City created the idea of the speakeasy, which turned into nightclubs and that extraordinary political complexity and corruption coming out of New Jersey at the time. The long hand that they had-and maybe still do-even had to do with presidential elections (Martin Scorsese Quotes) Producing, for me anyway, it’s coming up with material. It’s sitting down with you know the likes of Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp, Michael Mann and talking about a movie and really creating something from nothing (Martin Scorsese Quotes) Actually, I was rock climbing on this film at 7 in the morning. It was quite unique! But in any event, the colour of the leaves disturbed me so we had to work on that. On the other hand, I didn’t want to drench it in a kind of depressing tone (Martin Scorsese Quotes) The creation of the island, or the impression of the island, as it changes in the mind of the character also came in to play... there was another very important collaborator, Rob Legato, on special visual effects. And then ultimately there’s Thelma Schoonmaker, who keeps me focused during the editing of the picture (Martin Scorsese Quotes) Oh, the foghorns... even the foghorns, they’re all brass. It’s something by Ingrid Marshal called Fog Tropes. It’s not a sound effect. It’s an actual piece of music. If you listen to what’s going on after he has a flashback about his wife you’ll hear... it sounds like the humpback whales in a way. But it’s all music. And we use it again later, too (Martin Scorsese Quotes) I’ve been thrown out of schools and fired from jobs. I don’t want to work. I can honestly say I haven’t done an honest day’s work in my life. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) The problem with anger is that it’s so consuming. You’ve got to take it easy on yourself at a certain point. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) Sometimes God picks you up and tells you, You’ve been messing around now. You’re going to have to stop this, stop that, but I’ll give you another chance. And you wonder why you’re given another chance. It must be for something; it must be to celebrate life. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) I always say that I’ve been in a bad mood for maybe 35 years now. I try to lighten it up, but that’s what comes out when you get me on camera. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) Being a father at a later age is different from when I had my other two daughters when I was in my 20s and 30s. If you’re in your 60s and you’re with the kid every day, you’re dealing with the mind of a child, so it opens up that childishness in you again. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) I look for a thematic idea running through my movies and I see that it’s the outsider struggling for recognition. I realize that all my life I’ve been an outsider, and above all, being lonely but never realizing it. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) 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 people. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) My films really have to be a part of a whole body of work that says something to me (Martin Scorsese Quotes) A lot of what I’m obsessed with is the relationship and the dynamics between people and the family, particularly brothers and their father. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) I’m not videotaping my life, but in a way I am trying to put certain things about myself on canvas. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) 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 of shows like ‘The Sopranos.’ (Martin Scorsese Quotes) The real truth, I thought, in terms of what faith is and what Christianity is (Martin Scorsese Quotes) You don’t make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) Can a film really change anything? I mean, what was the last time? Maybe the Italian neo-realists, where they became the voice and the heart and the soul of Italy, a nation that had been destroyed. I don’t know. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) Sometimes when you’re heavy into the shooting or editing of a picture, you get to the point where you don’t know if you could ever do it again. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) I grew up in the Lower East Side, an Italian American - more Sicilian, actually (Martin Scorsese Quotes) I mean I have a project that I have been wanting to make for quite a while now; and basically, it’s a story of my parents growing up in the Lower East Side. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) I certainly wasn’t able to get it when I was a kid growing up on the Lower East Side; it was very hard at that time for me to balance what I really believed was the right way to live with the violence I saw all around me - I saw too much of it among the people I knew. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) Every year or so, I try to do something; it keeps me refreshed as to what’s going on in front of the lens, and I understand what the actor is going through. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) I don’t think there is any difference between fantasy and reality in the way these should be approached in a film. Of course if you live that way you are clinically insane. (Martin Scorsese Quotes) Music and film are inseparable. They always have been and always will be. (Martin Scorsese Quotes)

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