What did Tommy say after killing Stacks in "Goodfellas"?
Answer
Make That Coffee To Go
After killing Stacks in Goodfellas, Tommy said, “Make that coffee to go.”
The line comes during the aftermath of the Lufthansa heist, when Tommy DeVito and Frankie Carbone arrive at Stacks Edwards’s apartment. Stacks has failed to get rid of the getaway car as instructed, leaving evidence that could connect the crew to the robbery. Tommy shoots him, then treats the horrifying moment with an abrupt, darkly comic command about the coffee.
Joe Pesci plays Tommy, while Samuel L. Jackson plays Stacks. The scene captures Goodfellas’s distinctive blend of sudden violence, casual conversation, and grim humor. Tommy’s delivery makes the line especially memorable because it follows the shooting almost immediately.
The quotation is sometimes remembered with “Come on” or an expletive added at the beginning, but “Make that coffee to go” is the essential canonical answer. Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese, was released in 1990 and is based largely on Nicholas Pileggi’s nonfiction book Wiseguy.