Martin Scorsese Quotes
I always say that I've been in a bad mood for maybe 35 years now. I try to lighten it up, but that's what comes out when you get me on camera.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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We need to have Turkey respect democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms.
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Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.
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I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic.
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It's hard for me to talk about Dom right now because I am Dom right now. So it's a really strange exercise to try to reflect on something that I am at the moment. But I guarantee you that when I'm done with the movie and you ask me that question, I'll be able to give you something insightful.
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I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.
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My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do to be the last thing I do.
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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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You've always got to have the right blend of colour. You'd be silly to match a yellow t-shirt with a light green pair of trousers, you know? You can wear different colours at the same time, and as long as they blend with each other then it works. That's what I like.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from London to Richmond, the passage in the stage costs just two shillings.
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I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the '50s, and coming home simply means watching television with a beer.
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People don't want to be understood - I mean not completely. It's too destructive. Then they haven't anything left.
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Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone back to the theater, and it is more satisfying, really, because you get to give a continuous performance - no sequels.
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By having a little bit of knowledge about many different things, it enables me to talk to people about a subject that they would not ordinarily think I could talk about. It's a lever for me, I suppose.
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Sheriff Bart waking up a drunk Jim in jail: Are we awake?Jim 'The Waco Kid': We don't know. Are we black?Sheriff Bart: Yes we are.Jim 'The Waco Kid': Then we're awake, but we're very puzzled.
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I always say that I've been in a bad mood for maybe 35 years now. I try to lighten it up, but that's what comes out when you get me on camera.
