“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.” Martin Scorsese
“People say you should do it this way, someone else suggests that, yes, there's financing, but maybe you should use this actor. And there are the threats, at the end - if you don't do it this way, you'll lose your box office; if you don't do it that way, you'll never get financed again... 35, 40 years of this, you get beat up.” Martin Scorsese
“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
“You gotta understand, when moving images first started, people wanted sound, color, big screen and depth.” Martin Scorsese
“Zombies, what are you going to do with them? Just keep chopping them up, shooting at them, shooting at them.” Martin Scorsese
“If we just sit and exist, and understand that, I think it will be helpful in a world that seems like a record that's going faster and faster, we're spinning off the edge of the universe.” Martin Scorsese
“If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying within the structure of the script.” Martin Scorsese
“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
“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
“I think when you're young and have that first burst of energy and make five or six pictures in a row that tell the stories of all the things in life you want to say... well, maybe those are the films that should have won me the Oscar.” Martin Scorsese
“I'm sad to see celluloid go, there's no doubt. But, you know, nitrate went, by the way, in 1971. If you ever saw a nitrate print of a silent film and then saw an acetate print, you'd see a big difference, but nobody remembers anymore. The acetate print is what we have. Maybe. Now it's digital.” Martin Scorsese
“I love the look of planes and the idea of how a plane flies. The more I learn about it the better I feel; while I still may not like it, I have a sense of what is really happening.” Martin Scorsese
“It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.” Martin Scorsese
“I'd like to do a number of films. Westerns. Genre pieces. Maybe another film about Italian Americans where they're not gangsters, just to prove that not all Italians are gangsters.” Martin Scorsese
“I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films.” Martin Scorsese
