Martin Scorsese retiring after 'a couple more' films after 'Wolf of Wall Street' & credits Leonardo DiCaprio for keeping love for movies alive

Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese could be calling it quits in terms of making new movies in the future. According to a recent interview with the Gangs of New York director, his most recent film, The Wolf of Wall Street, will be followed by "a couple more" films and then he will retire from the industry. Scorsese also mentioned that Leonardo DiCaprio is the reason why his directing career has lasted so long. Find out what he meant by that below!

"I have the desire to make many films, but as of now, I'm 71 and there's only a couple more left if I get to make them," he said. "I miss the time when I had the desire to experiment and try different kinds of films, I miss that time, but that's done, it's over."

This news might be hard for his fans to take, but the director is ready to call it quits. We should be thanking DiCaprio for Scorsese's most recent films because the director credits the actor with reestablishing his love for filmmaking.

"[W]e found that he regenerated my enthusiasm for making films," Scorsese explained. "Mainly because, as you get older, it gets physically difficult and also the business especially - the financial issues. You're responsible for a lot of money, if you get it. It's all pressure, but can you do it? His enthusiasm and excitement really kept me going, for another five pictures now."

Scorsese did mention that he hopes to make the film Silence next.

"I'm just obsessed with this search for a spiritual core in life. And I'm sorry to have to talk in that way about these films but that is what they are about," he said of this new project.