Ray Liotta
Ray Liotta
Raymond Allen "Ray" Liottais an American actor, film producer, and voice actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Henry Hill in the crime-drama Goodfellasand Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. For his second feature film, Jonathan Demme's Something Wild, Liotta received a Golden Globe nomination and won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has since become a highly-regarded screen personality, appearing in leading or supporting roles in films such as Unlawful...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 December 1954
CityNewark, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
I think I had a kind of pause for insight in my 20s when I wasn't in a relationship and my career wasn't going the way I wanted it to go. I had time for reflection then.
When I read Copland, I really wanted Stallone's part.
I wanted to go that way and really get proactive with my career - take some control in it and redirect it in a direction that I liked.
You don't do anything thinking that it's going to stick.
I just finished Narc, which was a really heavy duty, raw, independent.
My wife read Narc as well and was really into it.
I love acting. It's an interesting challenge to make something that doesn't exist appear like it's happening, and to do it in a real way.
The independent-minded movies - it's always an uphill battle to get them made and seen. You do what you can, and go out there after and try to tell people about it, but at the end of the day, that's all you can do.
People have all these preconceptions about me. Whereas if you look at the roles, Henry Hill was the nicest guy in 'Goodfellas!' I was a nice guy too in the comedy 'Heartbreakers.' And I was a really sweet father to Johnny Depp in 'Blow!'
Acting is playing pretend, playing a children's game at an adult level, but with children's rules. It's fun to play bad guys. I've never been in a fight in my life, so it's fun to play something that's different.
What I really am is a homebody. I was a homebody even before I had a family. My days are filled with home stuff.
Well, for Blow I had to age from 20 to 60, starting out in shape and then later putting on fat pads.
I haven't seen about half the movies I've done. You know, you've got to make a living, but some I don't get a good vibe with.
I'm emotionally in tune with my feelings and what people mean to me, and I have no trouble saying it and relating to it.