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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. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#energy #films #first #five #i

I was saying as a joke the other day that I love film editing, I know how to cut a picture, I think I know how to shoot it, but I don't know how to light it. And I realize it's because I didn't grow up with light. I grew up in tenements. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#cut #day #editing #film #grew

I'd like to do a number of films. Westerns. Genre pieces. Maybe another film about Italian Americans where they're not gangsters, just to prove that not all Italians are gangsters. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#another #film #films #gangsters #genre

I've always liked 3D. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#i #liked

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. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#few #films #i #inspire #make

If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant? ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#food #go #italian #italian food #mother

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. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#did #everything #family #gets #gods

It's hard to let new stuff in. And whether that admits a weakness, I don't know. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#i #know #new #new stuff #stuff

More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#could #cut #down #films #make

My father had this mythological sense of the old New York, and he used to tell me stories about these old gangs, particularly the Forty Thieves in the Fourth Ward. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#father #forty #fourth #gangs #had