“How does a person reconcile that?”
“John Turturrois a beast,” says Lee of his scene partner.
“I was very much intimidated doing that scene.”
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“Rosie Perezis a natural, and her long career has proven that,” says Lee.
“At the same time, she’d never been in a film before.
I also gave her leeway to ad-lib too.
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“Danny [Aiello] knew that character, so he didn’t go start [shadowing] people.
He wasn’t going around New York City going to pizzerias.
He knew that guy.
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He knew Sal.”
“John Turturro and I had very good chemistry between us.
We’re great friends, and he’s such a great actor.
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Luckily, I got through it.
John Turturro is a beast.”
“Mookie don’t give a s—.
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Mookie’s a slacker.
Mookie wants to do the least amount of work as possible.”
How does a person reconcile that?”
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“That’s the way Mookie has to deal with Pino.
Mookie cannot kick Pino’s ass.
He has to go another route.
He has to use his brain.
And then, it’s like a trap… Mookie got me heads up here.'”
“While I was at NYU,Jim Jarmuschwas there two years ahead of me.
So, whenStranger Than Paradisehit, he was our hero.
Richard Edson [was in]Stranger Than Paradise.”
I’ve heard these arguments.
To rationalize that, they have to, they form a group called the super-ns.
But here’s the caveat.
Super-ns to these people ain’t ns."
I don’t think I was necessarily condemning it.
I was just saying, ‘This is some honest sh– right here.’
That’s what it’s about.
And in a lot of ways, that sh– is funny.
It’s a funny thing for me that all these people are just throwing out this viciousness.
Words hurt, especially when you’re young."
I said, ‘You got to say these lines like you mean it.
No one’s going to hold it against you.
They know you’re acting, you don’t have to worry about it.
But right now, you’ve got to bring it like you fing mean it.
We need honesty.'"
“I think people know what he’s about when [Officer Long] shows up.
I don’t think it’s a surprise to me.
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