I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films. Martin Scorsese More Quotes by Martin Scorsese More Quotes From Martin Scorsese Movies touch our hearts, and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places. They open doors and minds. Movies are the memories of our lifetime. We need to keep them alive. Martin Scorsese heartdoorsmemories There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard. Martin Scorsese cinemasimpledirectors 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 cinemaworldneeds Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue. Martin Scorsese lessonssceneschool More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting Martin Scorsese ninetypercentcasting 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 fightingknowingtwo I always tell the younger filmmakers and students: Do it like the painters used to...Study they old masters. Enrich your palette. Expand the canvas. There's always so much more to learn. Martin Scorsese canvasstudystudents 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 movietogetherpeople There's a way that the force of disappointment can be alchemized into something that will paradoxically renew you. Martin Scorsese forcedisappointmentway I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it. Martin Scorsese whole-lifewholemovie-love And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things. Martin Scorsese forgivenesscompassionkindness Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out. Martin Scorsese film-directinggamblingmovie The most important thing is the script. Martin Scorsese indigenousscriptsimportant Always stay open to surprise. Martin Scorsese surprise Violence is not the answer, it doesn’t work any more. We are at the end of the worst century in which the greatest atrocities in the history of the world have occurred... The nature of human beings must change. We must cultivate love and compassion. Martin Scorsese atrocitiescompassionanswers Your job is to get your audience to care about your obsessions. Martin Scorsese caremotivationaljobs The first element that I connected with was the emotion. Sorry, that's how it goes. Martin Scorsese elementssorryfirsts [Kubrick] was unique in the sense that with each new film he redefined the medium and its possibilities. But he was more than just a technical innovator. Like all visionaries, he spoke the truth. And no matter how comfortable we think we are with the truth, it always comes as a profound shock when we're forced to meet it face-to-face. Martin Scorsese uniqueprofoundthinking I'm often asked by younger filmmakers, 'Why do I need to look at old movies?' I've made a number of pictures in the last 20 years and the response I have to give them is that I still consider myself a student. The more pictures I've made in 20 years, the more I realize I really don't know. And I'm always looking for something or someone that I could learn from. I tell the younger filmmakers, and the young students, that do it like painters used to do—that painters do—study the old masters, enrich your palette, expand the canvas. There's always so much more to learn. Martin Scorsese numbersgivingyears I look for a thematic idea running through my movies and I see that it's the outsider struggling for recognition. I realize that all my life I've been an outsider, and above all, being lonely but never realizing it. Martin Scorsese lonelystrugglerunning
