Scorsese on putting action in his movies: "What, this has all been boring? Studios, they all want action. “Where’s the action, Marty?”|
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Mark Rufallo on Shutter Island: "This could be one of Scorsese's great films. He gets to do everything he loves about film: noir, dream sequences, suspense, tough urban stuff. It’s absolute madness, twist upon twist."
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Scorsese on putting action in his movies: "What, this has all been boring? Studios, they all want action. “Where’s the action, Marty?”
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Scorsese on his crusade for film preservation: "I have boxes of films, a cardboard box that says 'Citizen Kane' sits in the corner. The insurance companies would only insure the celluloid and the reel, so 'Citizen Kane' is worth $20. It’s certainly not going to last unless we take extraordinary measures."
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Scorsese on his long career: As time goes by and I grow older, I find that I need to just be quiet and think. There have been periods when I've locked myself away for days, but now it's different - I'm married and we have a daughter who is in my office the whole time.
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On Winning the Director's Guild award for 'The Departed', Scorsese said: "This is the only movie of mine with a plot."
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As a teenager in the Bronx, Scorsese frequently rented Michael Powell's The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) from a store that only had one copy of the reels. When it wasn't available the owner told him, "that Romero kid has it," referring to George A. Romero who was also a big fan of the film. Today, both directors cite the film as a major influence.
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A huge fan of John Cleese's 'Fawlty Towers', a BBC comedy series from 1975, Scorsese describes the episode 'The Germans' as: "so tasteless it's hilarious."
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Scorsese on working with Liza Minnelli on 'New York, New York': After 15 minutes I realized that not only could she sing she could be one hell of an actress. She's so malleable and inventive. And fun, even when things are hard.
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