"Onorati: It’s three o’clock in the morning, and I’m getting into a car in Brooklyn to get beat up by De Niro and Liotta. Scorsese comes over and says, “Okay, Bobby’s going to bash your head into the front seat twice, and then you’re going to come up, and you’re going to say your line.” I say okay. He goes, “Action!” And BAM BAM! “But I—” And De Niro smacks me down a third time. And Scorsese goes, “Cut.” I go, “Why don’t we just lose the line?” I was trying to say nicely, “I don’t know if De Niro’s counting the same way I’m counting, because he’s smashing me three times into the front seat.” After every take De Niro would get out of the car, and he’d walk over to Scorsese, and the two of them would start laughing and talking, and he’d come back with something different to do."
— Getting Made The Scorsese Way: Movies + TV: GQ: Some reflections on The Goodfellas from the people who made it and acted in it. I like the form of this article, too: just a lot of quotes from people about certain aspects of the film’s production, grouped by theme. Makes for a fun read.
