Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese says he waited for decades to adapt Shusaku Endo’s novel Silence for the silver screen, but it took years for him to figure out exactly how to do it. “Twenty-eight, 30 years ago, what was most important about it was the fact that I knew I wanted to make it, but I didn’t know how and, so, it’s taken about 20 years to reach this form,” Scorsese said at a New York press conference promoting the critically acclaimed film, which is in theaters now.