If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying within the structure of the script.
Martin ScorseseYou don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.
Martin ScorseseDeath comes in a flash, and that's the truth of it, the person's gone in less than 24 frames of film.
Martin ScorseseAs a kid I watched the Academy Awards on television and always wanted one - or several - like one of my favorite directions, John Ford. He won six. On the other hand, Orson Welles, who's on the top of my list, didn't win any. Alfred Hitchcock didn't win any. Howard Hawks didn't win any.
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