I grew up within Italian-Am... by Martin Scorsese, an American Director

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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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Martin Scorsese

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Name: Martin Scorsese

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Nov 17, 1942

Profession: Director

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It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.

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