“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
“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.”
MoviesAll Quotes by Martin Scorsese
“I mean, music totally comes from your soul.”
Music“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“Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.”
Music“The fact that food plays such an important part in my films has everything to do with my family.”
Family“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“I don't like being in houses alone.”
Alone“Being a father at a later age is different from when I had my other two daughters when I was in my 20s and 30s. If you're in your 60s and you're with the kid every day, you're dealing with the mind of a child, so it opens up that childishness in you again.”
Age“I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.”
Peace“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“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“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“My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else.”
Movies“Death comes in a flash, and that's the truth of it, the person's gone in less than 24 frames of film.”
Death“Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt.”
Religion“I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction.”
History“If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant?”
Food“Part of making any endeavour is that each one has its own special problems. It's the nature of the process.”
Nature“There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut.”
War“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