Martin Scorsese Quotes
I always wanted to make a film that had this sort of Chinese-box effect, in which you keep opening it up and opening it up, and finally at the end you're at the beginning.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form.
-
My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
-
It's not any desire on my part to start playing dads, but it's a convention of drama. If you don't get the parts of young people going out to nightclubs, you have to play their fathers.
-
I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
-
If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
-
There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
-
Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here.
-
I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond.
-
When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
-
There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
-
When you grumble about a taxi being dirty, people your own age will absolutely agree with you, whereas younger people say, 'You should be so lucky to have a taxi - I walk to work!' So I have lots of young friends, who fortunately don't treat me as a guru, a person that knows all the answers.
-
I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
-
A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
-
'Twilight's got some avid - and rabid - fans.
-
For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.
-
I love women's bodies. I love luxury.
-
I remember having my father stand over me when I had driven over my own foot; one leg was out of the car and one leg was in the car. He looked at me and told me that I was a drunk and that he was ashamed to call me his son. That night, I stopped drinking and I never drank again; I was twenty four.
-
I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?
-
A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere.
-
Imagine there wasn't photography. Where would we be? How would I remember what I looked like as a kid? It links us all. It keeps us all together; it's what our history is.
-
They handled it very badly. It was disappointing and very humiliating. John York was very rude. He never consulted with me over what he said to the press.
-
The true source of freedom is found in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. Christians believe it is he who fully discloses the human potential for virtue and goodness, and it is he who liberates us from sin and darkness.
-
Then there was LSD, which was supposed to make you think you could fly. I remember it made you think you couldn't stand up, and mostly it was right.
-
I always wanted to make a film that had this sort of Chinese-box effect, in which you keep opening it up and opening it up, and finally at the end you're at the beginning.
