Quotes from Alex Belth

Goodman, a friend of the Coens since he worked with them on their second movie, Raising Arizona, laughed about the scene where William Macy tried to escape out of a motel window, only to be dragged back inside by the cops. "Macy in his underwear," Goodman said, giggling. "That's our answer to everything," Ethan said. "You need a dramatic fall, put a character in his undies.

They talked about Brando. Bridges said that his brother, Beau, once worked with Brando and the great actor said, "I want to have eye contact with you, do you mind putting the lines on your forehead?

Fargo was a vicious little crime drama shot on a shoestring budget. Ethan's college friend, William Robertson, begged the brothers not to make it: You've just had a huge flop, now you want to make a crime drama set in North Dakota? Nobody will watch it,