Martin Scorsese is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and actor. He has directed such critically acclaimed films as Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, and The Last Waltz. His movies are known for their dark humor and cinematic style.
Martin Scorsese was awarded the Academy Awards for Best Director for the crime film Mean Streets and the period drama Raging Bull; he also won an honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival in 1990. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for his work on Taxi Driver.
He has won three Academy Awards for Best Director for The Departed, Hugo, and Taxi Driver. He has also won four Golden Globe Awards and two BAFTA Awards. His films have earned $3 billion worldwide at the box office.
“After the success of Who’s That Knocking at My Door?, Scorsese began his career as an independent filmmaker with Mean Streets (1973). Though the film was not successful on its release, it has since been deemed one of the greatest films ever made.”
He was born in 1942 and is considered one of the best filmmakers in cinematic history.
His most inspiring quotes that will show his lengthy career are tiny miracles that make him an Italian-American filmmaker icon.
37 Most Inspirational Martin Scorsese Quotes
1. “If I’m not complaining, I’m not having a good time, hah hah!” ― Martin Scorsese
2. “It’s interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.” ― Martin Scorsese
3. “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”
4. “Most people have stereo vision, so why belittle that very, very important element of our existence?” ― Martin Scorsese
5. “My whole life has been movies and religion. That’s it. Nothing else.” ― Martin Scorsese
6. “When I’m making a film, I’m the audience.” ― Martin Scorsese
7. ”Very often I’ve known people who wouldn’t say a word to each other, but they’d go to see movies together and experience life that way.” ― Martin Scorsese
8. “Film in the 20th century, it’s the American art form, like jazz.” ― Martin Scorsese
9. “Food tells you everything about the way people live and who they are.” ― Martin Scorsese
10. “There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut.” ― Martin Scorsese
11. “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
12. “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.” ― Martin Scorsese
13. “When I’m making a film, I’m the audience.” ― Martin Scorsese
14. “I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction.” ― Martin Scorsese
15. “There are two kinds of power you have to fight. The first is the money, and that’s just our system. The other is the people close around you, knowing when to accept their criticism, knowing when to say no.” ― Martin Scorsese
16. “I don’t really see many people… don’t really go anywhere either.” ― Martin Scorsese
17. ”I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.” ― Martin Scorsese
18. “More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down.” ― Martin Scorsese
19. “Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.” ― Martin Scorsese
20. “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
21. ”I don’t agree with everything he did in his life, but we’re dealing with this Howard Hughes, at this point. And also ultimately the flaw in Howard Hughes, the curse so to speak.” ― Martin Scorsese
22. ”All my life, I never really felt comfortable anywhere in New York, except maybe in an apartment somewhere.” ― Martin Scorsese
23. ”I always wanted to make a film that had this sort of Chinese-box effect, in which you keep opening it up and opening it up, and finally at the end you’re at the beginning.” ― Martin Scorsese
24. ”People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.” ― Martin Scorsese
25. “The most important thing is, how can I move forward towards something that I can’t articulate, that is new in storytelling with moving images and sound?”
26. “I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.” ― Martin Scorsese
27. ”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
28. “There’s no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.” ― Martin Scorsese
29. ”Young filmmakers 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
30. ”I loved the idea of seeing the world through a boy’s eyes.” ― Martin Scorsese
31. “Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.” ― Martin Scorsese
32. “I do prefer doing more takes. There’s something very organic that comes from the first take, but certain things come out. More details come out, in the way another actor says something. It’s always this investigative process. You come further and further to the truth, the more you escalate. I like to do a lot of takes. I have a hunger for it. I like to see what there is to discover in a scene, that hasn’t been thought of.” ― Martin Scorsese
33. “If you’re looking for the origins of film culture in America, look no further than Amos Vogel.” ― Martin Scorsese
34. “I wish I could do everything in 3D.” ― Martin Scorsese
35. ”Some of my films are known for the depiction of violence. I don’t have anything to prove with that anymore.” ― Martin Scorsese
36. “I didn’t realize there are generations who do not know about the origins of film.” ― Martin Scorsese
37. “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
