American - Director | November 17, 1942 -
Some of my films are known for the depiction of violence. I don't have anything to prove with that any more.
Martin Scorsese
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I think when you're young and have that first burst of energy and make five or six pictures in a row that tell the stories of all the things in life you want to say... well, maybe those are the films that should have won me the Oscar.
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I make different films now.
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You don't make pictures for Oscars.
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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.
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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.
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I've been to North Africa many times.
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I mean, music totally comes from your soul.
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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.
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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.
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You make a deal. You figure out how much sin you can live with.
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One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the research of gangs in New York City, seems to have allowed crime figures at the time, like Luciano, Capone, Torrio and Rothstein, to organize to become more powerful, which pulled all the way through until the '70s.
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