Top 158 Scorsese Quotes & Sayings

Any time someone says you have an opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese you jump at the chance.

I introduced myself to Scorsese and I said, "If you need someone to do craft services, I'm there."

Scorsese is very nice. He's small; he's energetic.

I said to Martin Scorsese, 'When are you going to make another film with a woman at the center?'

I can't help but have my sights set on Scorsese, Cohen Brothers and Spike Jones.

I knew nothing about editing when I met Mr. Scorsese... Through a series of weird events, I ended up at New York University, and there was Martin Scorsese, and he had some troubles with a film I was able to fix. That's the only reason I became a filmmaker.

As you can imagine, between Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese, I've had quite a rich life!

Whatever, man. Scorsese thinks I’m awesome

If you're an actor from New York, and you're Italian-American, you grow up hoping Marty Scorsese knows your name at some point before you die.

Scorsese will only work with brilliant material. And everyone wants to work with him.

I would like Martin Scorsese to be interested in a female character once in a while, but I don’t know if I’ll live that long.

Snoop Scorsese, that's my director name.

I love watching Marty Scorsese's films, but they always make me feel terrible about being a man.

I think of Paul Feig as the Scorsese of comedy. He's the best at what he does. I think people just trust everything that he's got to say.

I turned down a film that was offered to me in the very early '80s, a Scorsese film. That probably wasn't a good career move.

Tarantino and Jackson is like Scorsese and DeNiro, and their silent communication.

Working on 'The Last Waltz' introduced me to Martin Scorsese, and I had been a movie bug since I was a young kid.

I love all sorts of movies, whether made by Scorsese or Frank Capra. I love them all.

Leo couldnt deliver Mr. Martin Scorsese his Oscar with The Aviator, but I will go on record to say I will do so in The Departed.

Martin Scorsese is one of the great filmmakers of all time.

It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese.

Do I wish I was Martin Scorsese? Yeah. But am I really proud of the movies I've made and really happy that I get to keep making them? Yes.

Griffin Dunne and I were both terrified that Martin Scorsese didn't think we were very good - and if he didn't think we were very good, that was it. That was the end of the line. If Martin Scorsese thinks you stink, you stink.

Martin Scorsese was being given an honorary doctorate, and one of the tutors asked if there was a student film he particularly liked. He mentioned our film. There was a dinner after the final show just for the tutors, but I was smuggled in to meet Scorsese over dessert.

I got really into Martin Scorsese as a teenager, so then it was kind of the whole reason I wanted to be an actor. Just like tons of young actors, I think, get freaked out by the Scorsese/DeNiro movies. I loved all his movies in the '90s, too. Then I got a part in 'The Aviator' and couldn't believe it.

Our professor was Marty Scorsese. Marty was a graduate student, or Mr. Scorsese, which is what I had to call him, and still do when I see him 'cause he gave me a C.

To get to work with my idol, Martin Scorsese, has just been lovely - the highlight of my career.

When I heard I'd be working with Scorsese, I signed up immediately.

I mean, I'm always happy to be compared with Scorsese!

I think the obvious answer is I was raised in New York City, so growing up, not only myself but my family, like my father, we would watch a lot of Scorsese films.

We grew up on Scorsese and Coppola and '70s crime thrillers.

Every little interaction I had with Scorsese is forever tattooed on my brain.

Scorsese's been a hero of mine since I was young. If you saw 'Swingers,' you know I was definitely fixated on his body of work.

We were the only ones interested in comedy. Everybody else wanted to be Martin Scorsese.

When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.

I am a filmmaker. That is all I've ever been. You know, Martin Scorsese makes films about the mob. And I make movies about food.

I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.

Scorsese, Spielberg, Tarantino, Peter Jackson - all of you: I'm here, I'm ready. I can do funny faces, I can sing, I can dance. Hire me!

The question I always ask is: 'Where are all the women directors in America?' You know, where's the female Martin Scorsese, the female David Lynch?

I did 'Gangs of New York' with Martin Scorsese, and they used to call me 'Little Joe Pesci' on the set.

I don't really watch too many remakes. I saw Scorsese's version of Cape Fear, which was good. That was a good remake.

When I was nominated for an Oscar and seated next to Martin Scorsese, there was nothing in my mind that made me think, 'Hey, in three years maybe I'll make another remake of 'Punisher.''

Acting's fine if the script's written by Paddy Chayefsky and Martin Scorsese directs it, but unless you have something like that, I don't really enjoy acting.

I'm a De Niro fan. I went eleven years without seeing a movie; the last one before that, February 1980, was De Niro and Scorsese in 'Raging Bull,' and when I went back, it was 'Cape Fear,' with De Niro and Scorsese. I picked up right where I left off at.

Martin Scorsese was very much the actor's director. We were all very in awe of Martin Scorsese.

I love Martin Scorsese, but there's another indication of what The Oscars are all about. They've ignored Martin Scorsese for going on 35 years now, and I wouldn't be surprised if they passed him over again. He'll get one of The Oscars they give you at the end of your life because they feel guilty for never giving you an Oscar.

It's so fun to hear the reaction from Martin Scorsese as he sees you nude for the first time.

When you're a director, and you look at Scorsese's work, he's always challenging us to push the envelope and break the rules. Someone like that is necessary and a godsend.

Ooh, I'd love to be in a movie with Meryl Streep or Martin Scorsese. There are so many different things I want to do, maybe like a possessed child or an evil something... I don't know!

I would love to work with Martin Scorsese.

I was kind of a little disappointed when they started building a competition between Marty (Martin Scorsese) and me. I have the greatest respect for him and all the films he's done over the years.

I find it hard to understand why Scorsese has never called. You know, given the natural menace I bring to the screen.

When Scorsese shoots a violent scene, it's very uncomfortable - it's not like watching 'Rambo.'

When I was filming 'The Outsiders,' my idea of success was getting the next Martin Scorsese movie.

I love 'Goodfellas' because it's a great movie - it's funny and there is action at perfect points. I just think Martin Scorsese makes everyone look really cool.

In Goodfellas they have this one scene where the camera goes down some steps and walks through a kitchen into a restaurant and the critics were all over this as evidence of the genius of Scorsese and Scorsese is a genius.

I mean, Scorsese's a genius, and that's one way of shooting.

Leo couldn't deliver Mr. Martin Scorsese his Oscar with 'The Aviator', but I will go on record to say I will do so in 'The Departed'.

I'd rather go for Scorsese and De Niro. I just think he was so much better.

Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.