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 des...”

“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.”

“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.”

“It's hard to let new stuff in. And whether that admits a weakness, I don't know.”

“I've been to North Africa many times.”

“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.”

“I'm an older generation.”

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

“You don't make pictures for Oscars.”

“I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest.”

“I still dislike phones, yeah!”

“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.”

“Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.”

“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...”

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

“There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”