He says he never read a book till he was 16. Today, he's one of the biggest filmmakers of the world.
Martin Scorsese reunites with Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio for the film "Killers of the Flower Moon," presented at the Cannes Film Festival. This is his story.
Martin Scorsese reunites with Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio for the film "Killers of the Flower Moon," presented at the Cannes Film Festival. This is his story.
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00:00My parents, you know, were working-class people who never had a book in the house.
00:04No books.
00:05Just the Daily News and the Daily Mirror, New York, newspapers.
00:08And, you know, I mean, he took me to movies, my father, basically.
00:13And that was it.
00:14You know, I learned visual things.
00:16I started reading when I was about 16.
00:18So you can imagine, when I explained to my mother and father that I thought maybe I would make movies,
00:32they might as well have said, become president or become an astronaut or something.
00:42The strongest impression I ever got, I received, was going into a church.
00:46I was around seven years old when I went into my first church.
00:49And it was the old Catholic cathedral in New York called St. Patrick's Cathedral.
01:17There were a lot of actors that came to audition for the part.
01:21And I was shocked because there was no money.
01:23Nobody was getting paid.
01:25Marty was great.
01:26We became fast, fast friends.
01:36And so I went to him and I asked him, I said, why don't you play this part?
01:41Why don't you play this part?
01:42There's nobody, no actor on the planet that will play this part the way you can.
01:46And he did.
02:04You talking to me?
02:08You talking to me?
02:12Then who the hell else are you talking to?
02:14You talking to me?
02:15Back in 1976, they gave the Palme d'Or to Taxi Driver.
02:18And that was like a major thing for me.
02:20Because in America, the film did well.
02:23And it was nominated for a few Academy Awards.
02:26But Paul Schrader and myself were not nominated.
02:30I thought it was the end of my career, that film.
02:32Yeah.
02:33I didn't think so.
02:34Quite honestly, I knew for De Niro it was going to be fine.
02:36Because Bob would get his award.
02:37I knew he was such a wonderful actor.
02:39He'd get his Academy Award.
02:40But I thought I was going to go off to Italy and do films on Saints.
02:45Forever.
02:4616 millimeter.
02:47Yeah.
03:00We dared to touch the morality of the person of Our Lord.
03:04And that is something that is completely unacceptable for a Catholic soul.
03:09Have you seen the film?
03:10I haven't seen the film.
03:11And I don't want to see it.
03:12I will never see it.
03:13And that is something that is completely unacceptable for a Catholic soul.
03:17Have you seen the film?
03:18I haven't seen the film.
03:19And I don't want to see it.
03:20I will never see it.
03:44without knowing its past.
03:47And I'll just keep saying it because it's true.
03:58Working alongside him, I've experienced some of my proudest acting moments ever.
04:04When I first met him, he told me how much he liked my film.
04:07His energy in liking my films has sort of given me a new energy in making movies.
04:12I hope that lasts a while, you know, and see what happens.
04:16I haven't worked with De Niro in a long time.
04:42But we seem to have grown together in similar ways.
04:47We always seem to be interested in the same material.
04:50Take chances.
04:52I'm not afraid of taking chances.
04:54Leo DiCaprio was somebody who also, even though he's 30 years younger, has a similar sensibility.
05:01These two men really are like my fathers in the world of cinema.
05:06To have scenes with Bob and being directed by Marty, you know,
05:10is a small slice of heaven for me as an actor.
05:40.