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Martin Scorsese
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: November 17
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Martin Charles Scorsese
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I'm not a Hollywood director. I'm an in spite of Hollywood director.
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Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt.
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When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.
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Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.
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I'm in a different chapter of my life. 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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My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.
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