GoodFellas Tommy DeVito "Funny How?" 

Wait Joe you are getting it all wrong

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Scary how?You mean like a ghost?Im here to scare you?

@@hadisuhail8817 I'm here to make you scream, I'm here to fucking scare you?

Scorcese: Just.. how you did the acting, y'know

He's POTUS now...

You run lol. Fuck run for

no stay he sav with respect

Nah forget that, if you meet someone like this in real life, beat the living crap out of them, show them who's boss

Jack Gold better make sure you kill them though, Tommy is a madman 😂

Apparently this scene came about because something like it happened to or around Joe Pesci in real life. They improvised it during rehearsals, then wrote a script for it, then filmed it with a couple of wide shots because Scorsese, who is a fucking genius, knew that seeing the surrounding group was as important as seeing Pesci and Liotta talk to each other. One of the greatest scenes in American cinema. Flawless acting, writing, directing, editing. Even the extras are on point.

Anthony was like “you right”

U know what’s crazy I never noticed, the guy who got smashed with the bottle on his head was standing there the whole time lmao

Fuggedaboudit!!

​@@user-tb6sm4jg4d"I worry about you, Henry-You may fold under questioning!"-Foreshadowing at it's finest ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

He doesn't like people looking at him.

3:20 SOLID GOLD!

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And then the "you're right" in the background.

Best comment in the history of RU-vid

You’re laughing. You’re laughing. Someone was told to go fuck their mudda and you’re laughing

Hahahahahahahha

@ Felipe This is NOT directed at you. I knew the Real Tommy and I ( to this day ) cant stand people who talk like they knew him. This includes Tv documentaries with some journalists talking like they had dinner with him 5 times when they never met him for a second and couldnt pick him out of a line up with a name tag on.

Oh so youre tired eh...multiple shots fired

Holy shit thank you I never noticed that before!

Yeah on the drugs charges that's correct but Henry chose to take the deal and become a rat so he did fold under questioning.

Probably the writers invented the line.

elitedonk I mean he wasn’t gonna fold until his bestfriends were going to kill him. He snitched so he wouldn’t die

And he did fold...tommy is a prophet

How would you know? You probably only know about wise guys from other movies you saw

​@@samk.4158 calm down

I'm glad you feel the anxiety that I do lmao

You would've folded under questioning.

@@jerrynadler2883 😂😂😂

*hold my breath. I

The tension made me laugh harder cause I'm like answer the question 😂😂 I've been around this situation before and bust out laughing 😂😂

I mean he's Crazy The type of Guy it's The Most Dangerous.

When you know your "best friend" is a reckless sociopath, funny or not as he can be you know deep down one day you won't buy time with praises like before.

not forced

The actor was genuine scared

@@Chordus_Gaius Nah, he's Paid to act, LOL

Supposedly everyone was afraid of the real Tommy. Tommy’s death may have been the only time someone seen Jimmy Burke cry, but the real Henry was relieved

Now imagine that scene but instead of Joe its someone with the build of Sylvester Stallone, thats basically what the real Tommy looked like.

Great actor probably what Henry looked like..

Not only Liotta...

No its just opened mouthed but really wide

"I mean don't you love me ?"

I’m here before this comment blows up

The pro is in the comment section of every video I watch.

GODaAAMNit jUNyah!!

He never did have the makings of a varsity outfit

Yeah, it's like he's laughing a little _too_ hard, trying to impress and flatter Tommy as much as he can. Kinda reminds me of Jimmy Fallon, if he were actually a convincing actor (or talk show host 😂)

Coz Tommy is a psychopath. If he can go from 0 to 1000 in seconds, its best not to be near him

I'm honestly not trying to sound like a jerk, but did you actually read my comment? That was my whole point. Word for word I said, "They all know he (Tommy) is prone to switch to extreme violence on a dime, and so the over-the-top laughing reads as a desperate attempt to placate to him." They all recognize that he can flip out of nowhere, or as you put it, "..he can go from 0 to 1000 in seconds.." I'm just saying. You basically said exactly what I did. @@user-eo7gl4yq2u

Brilliant How?

Agreed, except that there aren't good movies still being made

Mine too 🤣🤣🤣

Me2...😆

Same 🤣💪🏻

What the hell is a gifs,btw,pesci said it kidding around but it turned out Henry hill did fold under questioning

And memes

It's because he's laughing uncomfortably in this scene. Maybe you're right...Cant remember how he looked in the Moorey scene, or when he blew his coke whore off. He doesn't laugh much.

Now he can't even smile because of all the botox and plastic surgery.

Hilarious how?

Waseem Parker You know Henry actually laughed like that in real life.

Classic

You are so right. I rewatched it and realized that Pesci could have shot the restaurant owner on the spot, (Liotta even said later on in the movie that guys sometimes got killed over nothing) which is maybe why Liotta , and the guy sitting next to him were so uncomfortable. If you notice, when Pesci "only" smashed a bottle on the restaurant's owner's forehead, they all laugh because they know it "won't be that big a deal". Jeez, that scene is a masterpiece.......

Did he know though?? Actually, nevermind… I know things could get me in trouble but don’t realize it until it is too late 😂😂

​@@TheRav3nwell, irl, Henry Hill said he witnessed tommy kill people literally over nothing. And since he was in Jimmy's semi independent crew, who were not heavily controlled by a major crime family, that meant they could kill anybody they wanted. Which is why they killed that wise guy, and also why tommy can pretty much get away with killing anybody, just because he could. And because he's psychotic.

😂😂 stood there for a good 2 minutes, even if I was owed 7 grand and was daft enough to confront an unpredictable, hot headed Italian gangster in front of a table full of his friends I think I'd feel way too awkward just stood there so long 😂😂

And then tommy hits him in the forehead with the champagne bottle.

Me too ,I’m just paying respect too

Can't believe it, I had no idea he had passed, I only literally remembered this scene and just had to have a watch, I learned he had died from the comments.

my heart is broken, I came here just for this. RIP legend he also was tomm vercetti in gta VICE CITY

Epic scene. RIP

🙏💔

I think the truely great part of this scene is that neither the viewer nor Henry can know for sure, if Tommy was joking or just holding himself back for one second.

@@mark-o-man6603 Yes!

@@mark-o-man6603 legit none of the other mobsters knew either LOL. cuz they all know that he's a crazy psychopath killer who's done worse before loool.

Yeah. U can say that again. But then again. Ray liotta has always been a class act. Great actor.

Also the way he holds his hands up like a boxer while laughing at the end, and his eyes in fear, while physically laughing without any mirth. Brilliant acting.

LOL

You are a true wordsmith!

@@Fireship1 all done by chatgpt!

@@Miguel_Molinawhat question did you ask for it to write all this lmao

F'n ai is in uncanny valley territory man. This is a pretty legit, if somewhat vague, description of how Tommy is funny and I'd buy it. Throw in some specific examples and anecdotes and there would be now way you could tell that wasn't human imo

right lmao like bruh you fucked up why you even say that! oh wait lmaooooo

@shafta99 I can realte to that... its very fucked up. I hope that didnt had too much of a negative impact on you. Keep ya head up because Life is a journey you don't know what you're about to see on the next pathways :)

They don’t do movies like that anymore.

You get nervous because Tommy is crazy enough to whip out his .357 from his waist and shove it in your mouth --- like he did to Billy Batts

it gives me chills how da entire restaurant seems to get quiet

Notice how the clinking of the cutlery stops as well.

Well said. NONE of them want to be there at that moment.

Yeah the scene has so much detail... when the other guy tries to pacify the situation by calmly saying, "No no Tommy you got it all wrong." And Pesci also calmy but *firmly* replies, "No no Anthony. He's a big boy. He knows what he meant" The mutual respect but at the same time the understanding that Tommy is handling the situation and Anthony acknowledged and stepped back without having to threaten or raise his voice... and thats just the detail of the Tommy and Anthony interaction. There is also the rest of the dialogue that had a lot happening there as well

@@ArmyWolves And then comes at him in the same way at that bar scene with the murder of Spider when he remarked "how could you miss at this distance?" Tommy immediately knocks him back down again. Anthony sure had some balls calling out behavior issues on some one who was batshit crazy as Tommy.

Joe pesci and ray liota were the only 2 in on the scene. Everyone else was left in the dark, thats how they got it to play out like this.

Yeah

It wasn’t scripted either so it’s even better

What do you mean perfection?

@@user-qn9tm8yp5bperfection

And, shot in film not digital with it's harshness.

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

Under questioning

😂

@@henrlima87 which he ofc did

@@henrlima87 🤣

Pay atention, he says, you may fold under questioning

Man you're a funny guy

@@Mrcooldude2144 obviously doesn't want to hear it that much

Stephen Ayers ikr man was a funny guy guess he didn’t think he was that funny

Miles Yuen I do this scene at work all the time with my boss. We’re both massive fans of the Gangster genre of films. Every time we start this scene nearly everyone groans. They’re all sick of seeing us re-enact gangster scenes. I stood up on a table one day and shouted “Made it Ma, Top of the world”. Only my boss got the reference. No one my age has ever seen White Heat.

@@kraziesinner22 damn i want that kind of boss

He needs to get his shine box

@@footballbarcafan10 he is pretty popular there for Big Blue.

And he's a funny guy.

Marcus Wellz

greatest? greatest how? how the fuck is this the greatest scene in movie history? No..I don't know. You said it. YOU SAID IT. Greatest how? What the fuck is so fucking great about this scene?

It was actually something that Joe Pesci came up with on camera lol.

@@squeet6831 You're a great guy.

Easily

He really is a funny guy.

I'm more so impressed that he made Home Alone and Goodfellas in the same year. I can imagine how hard is to transtition from a gangster role to a kids movie having seen how incredibly invested Pesci was in Goodfellas and yet for some reason he still knocked it outta the park in Home Alone

@@monikaparmar2061 funny how?

And In the same year

@@NektPapageo you know. The way he acts.

That’s why this scene is so good. You know he’s acting, he’s acting the role of someone who is that scary. The actual ones that are this scary aren’t trying to be because they know they are, and that’s why they’re scary. That’s what makes his performance so good.

He was great at making himself out to be like he was 7 feet tall. lol

Hi

Guns cancel out size real quick

@@BSaifulla313 how tall was he

@@nanashi5139 6'9" at 350 Lbs

That’s not a waiter that’s a guy who owns the restaurant. He later had a conversation with Paulie sort of demanding having tony clipped.

@@peterhrebik8951 when he talked to Paulie, he was begging for him to do something about Tommy. Paulie says, "They don't listen to me, what am I supposed to do, shoot him?" To which Sonny replied, "That might not be a bad idea." When he saw the look on Paulie's face at this suggestion, he said, "No, I didn't mean that. That was out of line. I just mean he's scaring me. I know he's your friend. That's why I come to you. I need your help with this guy."

Al Bundy ..he could get killed for just that ,for just agreeing ,not even asking to kill a made guy,a wise guy

@@emiltoutou1 Tommy was NOT a made guy.

then you are a waiter in the wrong place mate

Lol

@@henryesj6242 Moth**fu**** You You!

@@dr_palmtree4734 what the fuck is so funny about me tell me, tell m what’s funny

And lethal weapon

Tommy: How am I funny? Me: You know, aren’t you the guy who designed the Regular guy look? In Easy Money?

It's not so much his attitude than it is his reputation...hes not just talk he has put in the work, he earned that fear people feel about him.

Mike Tyson's inspiration.

Nope, he got a gun and hes powerful even if it was a disabled person, they would be intimidated too... You cant be intimidated of something you dont know, but they know him, *THATS* is what scare them...

Yeah’ the fact he is a sociopath mobster also help.

The medical term for it is "Napoleon complex" --- when short people act tough and domineering to compensate for their insecurities about being small in stature --- it usually affects men who feel that being small denies them access to good jobs and hot women

I like the way he kinda loses his breath, he's so "pissed".

It really is. Think it was the director who said that the real Henry Hill laughs just like that. Which shows how Liotta really did his homework on studding Hill to collect his mannerisms, the way he talks, laughs. It's amazing.

No, the best thing about the acting was how Ray managed such a convincing fake laughter. There was no humour in that laugh and not because he didn't have the acti g chops for it but because he was being a guy that was trying to laugh convincingly but falling just that little bit short.

The laugh was actually Martin Scorsese's laugh edited into the scene Still, Liotta deserved an Oscar nomination for this movie. RIP

Bof !

I'll definitely miss ray liotta .what a legend

When the news of him passing away. I came back here to see this scene before I go to work quick 🪦

priceless.

This and the desert scene in casino where pesci and di niro are exchanging words mad asf at eachother

I have to disagree, that's one the wort scenes of movie history, mafiosi are a disgrace to be seen they should be eradicate from the suface of the earth.

Can't believe he's gone

That absolutely killed me😭😂

😭😭😭😭

Thats it!🗡

What do you mean "you died"? "Died" how?

What do you mean you died? Do I look like a fucking coroner or something?

Funny how? Like a clown here to amuse you?

CCJJ160Channels hahaha he was funny and he was right about Henry.

What the FUCK is so FUNNY about him?? LOL

@@ONTHEEDGEFRED The way he talks is funny and how he tells a story

It’s called foreshadowing

But it's seven fucking big ones, come on..

@@TonyJBroni yeah that ain’t peanuts tbf

Well he did straighten his kid out last week, did for 7000 even.

@@ericr9701 he Christened his kid too

I think he thought it was a good time because he wasn't alone and he was wisecracking and in a seemingly good mood 🙈

Tommy is so f$#@%* funny.

Best comment

The Good Feathers Cartoon is based off this movie. The Pesci bird is awesome

like hes here to amuse you??

A cartoon like what? A joke? Pesci is a joke to you? He's here to make you laugh?

Impeccable how?

Perceptive how? You said it. You're a big boy. Answer for yourself. Am I here to perceive for you, is that it?

@@rockhopper01 impeccable how x)

Yeah, now say that knowing you have a nut in front of you with a hair-trigger and worse a gun.

What, am I here to AMUSE you??

Joe pesci and Ray Liotta did everything right in this scene. You don't see that kind of stuff in today's movies.

Yep and also funny how?

Yeah and obviously your kissing Nat King Cole ova here.

Bruh no cap I read it as rip gay

I'm going Italiano 👌 and love being foucking Italian

I couldn't believe it when I heard he passed, too young. I feel like after Goodfellas Ray Liotta never quite got the recognition he deserved. Rest in peace.

As soon as I heard I wanted to watch this scene. Rih

@@living_myjoy gonna rewatch tonight liotta was a legend in the movies, and the video game industry as tommy vercetti

@@user-pj6oc5gy2q love it….. Same here!

Was so young in Goodfellas, probably the youngest. You wouldn't think he'd be the first(I believe) to pass away. Rip

U r informatively handy

That's why the bartender shows up early and seemingly just...stands there. The actor doesn't know what to do because they were supposed to be shooting the scene where Tommy rejects the bill and beats him. Also, a bunch of the "You really are a funny guy" at the end were completely improvised.

@@bobhenry6159 usually when they shoot scenes like these actors are allowed to improvise in a controlled scenario. Which is, partly, one of the key ways in which Scorsese based himself to direct the movie. The actors were allowed to sit for hours on the set making up stories, reading newly added script scenes. In this situation the extras were told Tommy is a very unpredictable character but that they should go along with whatever he's doing. They thought it was simply a deviation of the script, especially due to the upcoming next scene, but Pesci continued being fixated on Liotta's reaction, so everyone had to go along with it. That's why the "you're right" sounds so forced. Even, if the first phrase may sound a bit too perfect, add-libbing was also used, so they could change his words to something that could sound better. That's why everyone was so uncomfortable too, they didn't know what the hell was going, but they had to play along and pretend to be tough gangsters all of a sudden. Just like their real life characters would have done in such a situation.

@@bobhenry6159 Who pissed in your cheerio's, bro?

nonsense

Yes, and it doesn't age neither, there are only a few films out there that can stand the test of time.

Only 10? Lol I’ve seen it over 20. I have it on DVD lol

@@DanielRamirez-qq3tjonly 20? I’ve seen it 100 times 😂

😅

he looks like hes in agony

I noticed that too. And all of them were laughing as if their lives depended on it. I'm funny- how. I'm not funny - why not? Word was probably out - laugh at his jokes or else no dessert...ever

🤣😂 I see that now

Is he here to make you laugh? To fucking amuse you?

That same goes to Ice Cube too, he can be funny and scary at the same time

Like how he scared Henry Hill, but got his ass kicked by a damn 10 year old...

How funny?

Not exactly at the same time. Only 5 seconds later. Which is the really scary part.

It's like all the air out of the room is sucked out all of a sudden. Such a great scene.

Yeah exactly. Such an uncomfortable scene to sit through. Yet it's so genuine cus that's probably how everyone is feeling right there at the table.

Agreed I could watch this scene many times and still laugh every time.

FUNNY HOW?

Indeed. Some feel the future (at the time) movie Casino was the ultimate mob movie. I strongly disagree. Goodfellas was the second greatest movie about the mob. Only The Godfather was the best of all time. Goodfellas is just one notch below. But by a very slim margin.

Goodfellas is a Exceptional Movie except, that one scene. You know? That one scene where karen throws out the coke and, Henry Hill is supposed to be all mad & scared about it.

@@arachnidman8eyes Like the top comment. Scary how?

@@forChloe I don't mean The comment is scary. Ray liotta weak acting, you can see it in Goodfellas.

Nope people didn’t obsess about one thing like an autist people just used to live

@@jackybogues2495 You’re big gay, Jacky.

Popular how?

@@genocidehero9687 :)

@@genocidehero9687 the whole bit of “how am I funny ? I’m here to fuckin amuse you.. tell me how I’m funny” Everyone knows it and quoted it

he packed so much in this one scene. 1- freaked out henry and the other mobsters with "funny how" 2- smashed the glass over the restaurant owner's head 3- waves his gun around, pretends to put it in henry's mouth 4- catches the hawaiian lei guy staring at him and rages in front of the whole restaurant and throws something at him. 5- comes back and tells more jokes, tackles henry pesci does all of this in under 5 minutes and it's one of the best scenes in movie history.

Lore has it that the scene was unscripted...?

You mean Joe Pesci not Danny DeVito lmao Edit: just realized you meant TOMMY DeVito the name of the character Pesci plays irl. Lol first names matter in this context

Its funny and highlights a key aspect of the criminal lifestyle that many people may recognize but are not too familiar with is the high importance of hierarchy. In prison, saying or doing the wrong thing that may not even be intentional can get you beat up, raped or killed. However, power is everything and those that are strong enough or have the right connections can get away with play fighting without having to actually fight, a fine balance that if mishandled can embarrass someone which leads to being whacked.

Where did Pesci say this? Was it an interview?

It was improv

civota mu az ish. They had a basic idea what they were going to do and rehearsed it; the people around them werent in on the scene, only Scorsese, Liotta and Pesci knew.

The more i look at this scene, the LESS i like these people as a whole. They seem horrible. But i still am compelled to watch and appreciate the craftsmanship of all involved. Scorsese movies are really watchable films. He knows how to get people interested and keep them watching. Movies are a treasured part of art and society in general, they are needed.

KitKat Chunky & Cup o' Tea = great combo!

And I deserve his wife

That's pretty funny.

@@tekoppentekoppen761 funny how?

@@babikera352 he didn't mean nothing

You picked up the foreshadow. This movie is one if the greats.

If only he knew...................

Rolling how? Like in the floor?

@@doneme152 woah woah, you got it all wrong

@@dantheman1398 oh hey Anthony, he’s a big boy he knows what he said

@@doneme152 just...the way you roll

@@dantheman1398 let me get this straight, am I here to make you roll? Like a stone? Do I look like a fucking british rockband to you?

Yup. The real Henry said he was actually toned down for the movie and was even more violent in real life.

@@lucashenderson2775 Jesus

It's so realistic though, these are some kind of interaction you see a lot in little towns

It's some kind of fun we all like somehow in Italy

I love how people on youtube and TV make comments about him like they actually knew. I DID and WELL !

@SpaceManSam Sam, it’s just, you know, the way you tell the story, it’s funny

@@ObamaFromKenya Funny how? Like a clown? Do I amuse you?

@@space_man_sam *NERVOUS HANDS* J..jj..just the way you tell it....it's funny...*concerned look*

Are you sure RAY LIOTA DIED??? 😭 😢 First I have Heard if it !!! I love RAY LIOTA as a actor

@@birddog7248 Yeah man 😔 about a month ago. Dude’s a straight up legend.

Yep this whole scene is virtually Joe pesci ad libbing incredibly.

Funny how?

I respect respect Scorsese for listening to his talent and including this in the film, I heard of some directors really dumping on actors and never listening to them.

@@Hopium500 not really: they rehearsed what they were going to do; they crowd around them didnt know because they wanted to keep it as real as possible.

Henry hill is a pathological liar

@@2ruehenderson A pathological liar is better than a pathological killer.

And all the actors and extras stayed in character

Joe Pesci has mentioned in several interviews this was inspired by a real life experience he had, except he was on the receiving side. A mobster was a regular at a bar he worked in, he was telling a story, and a young Pesci said “you’re a funny guy” and it went from there. So maybe a bit loose, but certainly not “improvised”.

@@vjreimedia yep you’re 100% right, I’ve worked on half a dozen films and this is how it goes. Nothing wrong with it tho, still a great time with people who have a passion for film.

@@jameshershberger8085 he drew on an experience he had in life, that doesn't mean it's not improvised, wth?

@@vjreimedia plenty of scenes and dialogue in movies are improvised. Some clown who pushes some buttons thinks he knows how everything works.

"Something Wild" is maybe in second place to "Goodfellas" in his career.

for Ray 💐🙏 (1954 - 2022)

The dude held his own against Hollywood giants like De Niro, what a legend 👏

I checked the news for 3 days, hoping there was a misprint or correction. Still cant believe he's gone.

He’s incredible as the Father of Johnny Depp’s character (George) in Blow. “Sometimes you flush, sometimes you bust. When you’re up, it’s never as good as it seems and you’re bust, you never think you’re gonna be up again. But, life goes on. Remember that…Money isn’t real, George. It doesn’t matter. It only seems like it does.”

Makes me think of Begbie in trainspotting as well. Small guy, slightly built but an absolute manic who'll have you as soon as look at you.

Don’t forget Rorschach

Don Logan in Sexy Beast, played by Sir Ben Kingsley. A short unassuming guy but a coiled-up ball of violence and rage that could be set off by the slightest thing.

EXAAAACTLY PERFECT 🥰

@@nickshale6926 As was told to me when it came out: you'll never look at Gandhi the same way again

Absolutely, great at acting like a gangster.

improvised how? what are you saying, that i lie, that i make things up? improvised how!!

Not really: they rehearsed it.

@@theexpresidents Like it was improvised and they liked the idea? So they rehearsed it until they got the best take?

@@AlchemistOfNirnroot The scene was rehearsed several times, said rehearsals were transcribed, and then a final version was written out based on the rehearsals. So it was scripted by definition

same

and it's the first time i noticed that the other people in the restaurant eventually started laughing too after being concerned or frightened at first. Joe Pesci really is a funny guy 🤣

Yeah man. Everyone is looking around like "should I stay in character? What's going on?"

Because that scene was heavily improvised. Pesci had this story and Scorcese decided to include it in the scene but he didn't tell the rest of the cast so he can see and film their genuine reaction. That's why it looks so real. Because it was natural

That's what "acting" is, my friend. Making up a character, coming up with a backstory for them, sometimes even a whole life. Most of which isn't ever mentioned anywhere in the movie, but the actor knows what his character is like and can act accordingly. This is why sometimes actors need some sort of warm-up and wind-down phase. Getting into character isn't something you just switch on and off like a switch, it's a process (maybe there are some very talented actors out there who can do that on a whim). I mean, acting schools are a thing for that very exact reason, and it's how we, the audience, can tell good actors from bad actors. A bad actor would look around confused, break character and ask what was going on. A good actor just goes along with whatever is happening. For example, in the movie Thor, when he throws that coffee mug on the ground and demands "another!": That scene was improvised by Chris Hemsworth. The rest of the cast (namely Natalie Portman) just went along with it. Another example: In the Columbo movies, Peter Falk as Columbo would often ask the murder suspects for a pen, or do some other antics (the infamous "Oh, just one more thing..." also was improvised when they needed a scene to be a tad bit longer in the first episode). Those weren't scripted, Falk would give the other actors a chance to act out "looking for a pen". And yet another example: In Star Trek: Voyage home, there's a scene where Checkov and Uhura run around on 1983's earth and ask for directions. The extras where told to "act naturally", so when asked where "the nuclear wessels" are, one of the extras decided to give a response. It wasn't in the script, but Koenig and Nichols didn't break character either, but just played off the response that was given. Third and final example is the movie MASH: The director wouldn't tell his cast when the cameras where rolling and also wouldn't tell them who the camera was focussing on, to get a better, more natural response out of his actors. So, there you have it. We can see lots of improv in many movies. Often times we don't even know that it was improv, because "doing improv" is part of an actor's job.

@@bossaliniex Liotta did know, but others not so much.

What about the guy who interrupted and said “You got it all wrong”... was he improvising too? Only Liotta & Pesci knew about this.

yeah, for one thousand dollars! lol he really is a funny guy.

@@stevenwilliams2617 *seven thousand

@@JuanHernandez-mw9zt oh so now you say i owes you seven thousand. so you calling me a deadbeat in front of my friends, you insulted me a little bit

@@stevenwilliams2617 wait hold on cmon now Steven don't be like that

@@stevenwilliams2617 nah nah he didn't insult nobody

@Toxic Food I don't think so.

@Donald Trump what are you supposed to be the ultimate badass?

Donald Trump No country for old men

The funny (!) thing is, this wasn't entirely improv. Joe Pesci used to be a waiter in Queens, NYC. He heard a regular customer telling a story to his friends and was laughing with them. Told him he was a funny guy etc., the diner turned out to be a made man and it played it exactly like it did in the film. When they were filming this years later he ad libbed it, but had to track down the same gangster and ask him for permission to include the scene in the film. Ray Liotta confirmed it in an interview, both actors grew up around organised crime and he'd heard the story independently.

This scene only bits and pieces were ad-libbed. The scene where they're eating at Tommy's Mother's was 100% Ad-libbed.

That's an interesting point to make. This scene always gets talked about as a terrifying glimpse into how dangerous Pesci can be even with his old friend, but by the end it's pretty clear Liotta feels comfortable enough to mess with him and Pesci won't do anything other than what I'd guess is implied play fighting at the end (gotta confess I've always found the little jump Pesci does to be a bit otp). I don't know, I just think what you point out about them being friends who aren't afraid of each other, despite one of them being particularly dangerous, doesn't really mesh well with the usual notion of this scene, that Pesci is trying to make an example out of Liotta so that no one dares not take him seriously, even though I think both interpretations are equally plausible. To me the scene plays out more like Pesci is *pretending* to be a psycho (or a particular kind of psycho, different from the one he is) just to prank Liotta into second guessing everything he knows about him, then Liotta realizes this and starts to joke with him like he's always done without consequences. As a disclaimer It's been a long time since I watched Goodfellas and I'm hungry and sleepy right now.