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Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
American Director
Born: Nov 17, 1942
Film Me People Think World You
Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Spike Lee Stanley Kubrick Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things. Martin Scorsese
Kindness People Compassion Looking Tolerance Live Older Way More Tendency Had Look Gotten Who Things
When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit. Martin Scorsese
Happiness Remember Opportunity Rich Everyone About Could Pursuit Pursuit Of Happiness Up Itself America Get Being Created Growing Growing Up
If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant? Martin Scorsese
Food You Mother Italian Food Restaurant Go Italian Should Your Cooks Why
There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard. Martin Scorsese
Simple Hard Thing
If I'm not complaining, I'm not having a good time, hah hah! Martin Scorsese
Time Good Complaining Good Time Having Having A Good Time
People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other. Martin Scorsese
People Other About More Know Talking Understand Cultures Each Start
I've been to North Africa many times. Martin Scorsese
Been Times North North Africa Africa Many
The cinema began with a passionate, physical relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of the beloved. No matter where the cinema goes, we cannot afford to lose sight of its beginnings. Martin Scorsese
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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
Me People World Decency Living Kind Tried Area Part New Come Know Also Make Catholic Around Am Italian-American Impressed America York Roman Roman Catholic New York Urban Century Us Who Specifically Downtown Row
My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else. Martin Scorsese
Life Religion Nothing Else Has-Been Been Movies Whole
I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films. Martin Scorsese
You Inspire Seen Few Films Only Over Make Continue Years Want Movies Much Many Suddenly
Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience. Martin Scorsese
Me You Creative Experience Wonderful Matter Cases Wonderful Experience Endeavour Any Working Who Many Film
I think all of us, under certain circumstances, could be capable of some very despicable acts. And that's why, over the years, in my movies I've had characters who didn't care what people thought about them. We try to be as true to them as possible and maybe see part of ourselves in there that we may not like. Martin Scorsese
People Try Care Thought Think Despicable Circumstances Ourselves Possible Characters See Some About Could Had Part True Over Like Years Very May Maybe Movies Them Capable Us Certain Who Why Acts
It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily. Martin Scorsese
Me Change World Change The World Must See Temporarily Seems Only Does Person Any Sensible Sensible Person Then Violence
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 apply to the past or the first 100 years, when people actually went to a theater to see a film, you see? Martin Scorsese
You People Cinema First Past Thinking Way See About Only Could Know Limited Still Years Maybe Theater Really Keep Film Actually Apply
I don't really see many people... don't really go anywhere either. Martin Scorsese
People See Go Either Anywhere Really Many
Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle. Martin Scorsese
Battle Money Power Young Structure Power Structure Like Learn Because Deal Makers How Should Film Film-Makers
The best I can do is to make a film every two years. Martin Scorsese
Best Every Make Years Film Two
I didn't realize there are generations who do not know about the origins of film. Martin Scorsese
About Generations Know Realize Who Film Origins
Our world is so glutted with useless information, images, useless images, sounds, all this sort of thing. It's a cacophony, it's like a madness I think that's been happening in the past twenty-five years. And I think anything that can help a person sit in a room alone and not worry about it is good. Martin Scorsese
Alone Good World Madness Past Sit Think Our Worry Our World About Like Sort Sounds Been Years Person Anything Happening In The Past Information Room Help Useless Twenty-Five Thing Images
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
Me You Try Bad Mood Say Mood Out Bad Lighten Always Camera Been Years Up Get Maybe Now
I would ask: Given the nature of free-market capitalism - where the rule is to rise to the top at all costs - is it possible to have a financial industry hero? And by the way, this is not a pop-culture trend we're talking about. There aren't many financial heroes in literature, theater or cinema. Martin Scorsese
Nature Capitalism Cinema Financial Hero Heroes Trend Rule Top Way Possible Would About Rise Given Costs Industry Talking Where Literature Theater Ask Many
I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all. Martin Scorsese
You Big Build Nothing Think Sets Too Would Would-Be Budget New Period Because Exists York Just New York Happened Really Here
What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant the total destruction of Tibet, because he would have died and that would have ripped the heart out of his people. Martin Scorsese
Heart People Destruction Resolve Out Would Stay Total Staying Ripped Had He Tibet Because Leave His Died Wanted Whether Lama Meant Dalai Dalai Lama
The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits. Martin Scorsese
Rare Too Giant Case Term Kurosawa Fits Often Artists Where Used Describe
Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life. Martin Scorsese
Life Music My Life Soundtrack Formed Popular Popular Music
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