The Friends of Eddie Coyle

“For my last film I'll like close my eyes and... Let's do the random thing. It's like picking a tarot card or something. Wow, I don't know it, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, a Peter Yates film. It is starring Robert Mitchum, which is one of my favorite guys who I use as an influence going back to Bound. Peter Boyle is in it who was in my first real movie I did, Red Heat. It's 1970s, I love a '70s Hollywood sort of film.”

“But I see my friend… Robert Mitchum. A Peter Yates film. I’d forgotten that. The Friends of Eddie Coyle. He’s just one of my favorite actors. Why? He’s just… His effort is so minimal. His effort is so minimal, he doesn’t seem to really care about it. I believe he did care enormously about it, but, you know, it’s very attractive when someone doesn’t care. There’s space for you. It draws you in. But he’s so still and his voice is remarkably beautiful.”

“Oh, this is such a fantastic movie, The Friends of Eddie Coyle. This is just one of these movies—Peter Yates directed it—but it's one of these films that you can sit and watch it, and if someone is watching it with you and they aren't completely paying attention, the movie will end and they will have no idea what the film's about. This, by the way, I know has an amazing commentary track. You can cook a fine, fine spaghetti sauce in the time it takes to listen to that.”