Marty said that whole scene was improvised by Pesci and the other actors. Pesci has said before that he's a method actor. He thinks of someone he knows that's similar to the character he's playing, and just becomes that person. I wouldn't doubt he was portraying someone he grew up with in Newark.
Joe Pesce never took an acting lesson. He told me he was acting his whole life. I knew him, but he was a tough guy even though he was a midget. Method acting he must have stole that from DeNiro.
He sees that movie staring Dudley Moore a comedy he played a drunk. He told me he could have done that movie. I said you think you can do comedy. He said yeah. Then he made the movie with Rodney dangerfield.
