Quotes By Martin Scorsese

It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.

The young people today are the 21st century.

Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt.

It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.

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.

Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.

I didn't realize there are generations who do not know about the origins of film.

I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest.

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.

It's very good for me to remember what actors go through.

I still dislike phones, yeah!

Food tells you everything about the way people live and who they are.

When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.

A lot of what I'm obsessed with is the relationship and the dynamics between people and the family, particularly brothers and their father.

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.

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