“I felt I could truly own the term artist by working alongside him.”
The pair have a total of five collaborations thus far, with a sixth and seventh officially on the way.
The actor, who first collaborated with Scorsese on 2002 film Gangs of New York, stated that “no one is more knowledgeable, more committed, or draws more inspiration from the film art” than the director.
He added: “There is almost no aspect of his life, creative or personal, where he doesn’t reference the history of movies.”