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I also saw the Dalai Lama a few times.

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Martin Scorsese
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 17
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I was born in 1942, so I was mainly aware of Howard Hughes' name on RKO Radio Pictures.
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I would ask: Given the nature of free-market capitalism - where the rule is to rise to the top at all costs - is it possible to have a financial industry hero? And by the way, this is not a pop-culture trend we're talking about. There aren't many financial heroes in literature, theater or cinema.
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That subject matter has never left me...The more you're in the material world, the more there is a tendency for a search for serenity and a need to not be distracted by physical elements that are around you.
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An interviewer once asked me to discuss my collaboration with Elmer Bernstein, and precisely why I chose to work with him. My first thought was: How could I not work with Elmer, when I had the chance? Simply put, he's the best there is-the very best.
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Music and film are inseparable. They always have been and always will be.
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I'm trying to find out what the hell we - who we are.
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I grew up within Italian-American neighborhoods, everybody was coming into the house all the time, kids running around, that sort of stuff, so when I finally got into my own area, so to speak, to make films, I still carried on.
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Death comes in a flash, and that's the truth of it, the person's gone in less than 24 frames of film.
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