Explore Quotes by 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.

I grew up within Italian-American neighborhoods, everybody was coming into the house all the time, kids running around, that sort of stuff, so when I finally got into my own area, so to speak, to make films, I still carried on.

Zombies, what are you going to do with them? Just keep chopping them up, shooting at them, shooting at them.

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.

You gotta understand, when moving images first started, people wanted sound, color, big screen and depth.

Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine - that sort of thing.

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.

There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut.

The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music.

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.

My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.

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.

If everything moves along and there are no major catastrophes we're basically headed towards holograms.

I've been to North Africa many times.

More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down.

I still dislike phones, yeah!

I'm very phobic about flying, but I'm also drawn to it.

I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways.

I was born in 1942, so I was mainly aware of Howard Hughes' name on RKO Radio Pictures.

I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest.

I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films.