“Film in the 20th century, it's the American art form, like jazz.”
Art
“I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction.”
HistoryAll Quotes by Martin Scorsese
“Our world is so glutted with useless information, images, useless images, sounds, all this sort of thing. It's a cacophony, it's like a madness I think that's been happening in the past twenty-five years. And I think anything that can help a person sit in a room alone and not worry about it is good.”
Alone“Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.”
Music“I think there's only one or two films where I've had all the financial support I needed. All the rest, I wish I'd had the money to shoot another ten days.”
Money“The fact that food plays such an important part in my films has everything to do with my family.”
Family“There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut.”
War“A lot of what I'm obsessed with is the relationship and the dynamics between people and the family, particularly brothers and their father.”
Family“As you grow older, you change.”
Change“I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction.”
History“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.”
Experience“Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt.”
Religion“I don't like being in houses alone.”
Alone“Working with HBO was an opportunity to experience creative freedom and 'long-form development' that filmmakers didn't have a chance to do before the emergence of shows like 'The Sopranos.'”
Experience“I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.”
Peace“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.”
Money“It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.”
Change“Part of making any endeavour is that each one has its own special problems. It's the nature of the process.”
Nature“It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods.”
Family“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.”
Money“Food tells you everything about the way people live and who they are.”
Food