[ sound of gunfire ] as far back as i can remember, i always wanted to be a gangster. goodfellas is like, fasten your seatbelts, i m going to kick the shit out of you for two and a half hours and you re going to love it. there have been so many gangster movies, so many mob movies. is it really possible that in 1990 martin scorsese will be able to make a gangster movie that has something to say that hasn t already been said a million times? it s going to be a good summer. and you watch the movie and you re like, yeah. see you later, thanks. what are you doing? you re leaving your car? he watches the car for me. we tried to capture the exuberance of that world. it s dangerous and threatening, but they re having a wonderful time. over there. oh, thanks a lot. goodfellas was the nuts and bolts of the mob. it was the mob as a job. what do you do? what? what do you do? i m in construction. and the balance of these two families, of your mob
Hollywood guard. gee. we are not machines. we are not. women didn t make their own movies. are you crazy? i have director approval and that is true. she got everything she wanted. it s very interesting. people think some like it hot is the greatest comedy of all time. she was at the height of her success and all of a sudden the curtain came down. it s like, wait a minute. the movie s not over.