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Sometimes when you're heavy into the shooting or editing of a picture, you get to the point where you don't know if you could ever do it again.

Martin Scorsese

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Martin Scorsese
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: November 17
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Martin Skorseze
Martin Charles Scorsese
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