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I always tell the younger filmmakers and students: Do it like the painters used to...Study they old masters. Enrich your palette. Expand the canvas. There's always so much more to learn.

Martin Scorsese

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Martin Scorsese
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 17
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