they learned on the set while directing. >> working with roger corman, it's like a college.ou're shooting. >> francis coppola, marty scorsese, jack nicholson, ron howard, brian depalma, and me, began with roger. the new hollywood is unthinkable without roger. >> when i was making "grand theft auto," he said, ron, you keep doing a good job for me on this picture and you will never have to work for me again. and i guess i never did work for roger again. but i'm forever grateful for the opportunity he gave me. >> martin scorsese made a few small films in the late '60s and early '70s, but people start to pay attention when he does this film called "mean streets." >> i wanted to make films about an area where i grew up. i didn't really see organized crime. i was living in it. >> marty scorsese burst upon the scene with a kind of frankness, violence, and a restlessness to find the rhythms of the streets that don't feel anything like a movie. >> how much money you got from michael tonight? >> i got nothing. >> "mean streets" came out of some events that occurred to me and my friend