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Ray Liotta
American
Actor
Born:
Dec 18
,
1955
Life
Me
Out
People
Think
You
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When I read Copland, I really wanted Stallone's part.
Ray Liotta
Part
Read
Wanted
Really
My wife read Narc as well and was really into it.
Ray Liotta
Wife
Well
Read
Really
Well, for Blow I had to age from 20 to 60, starting out in shape and then later putting on fat pads.
Ray Liotta
Age
Later
Out
Shape
Had
Putting
Well
Blow
Then
Pads
Fat
Starting
I know when I go to a movie I want to experience something, whether to laugh, to cry, to feel bad.
Ray Liotta
Experience
Laugh
Bad
Something
Feel
Know
Cry
Go
Want
Movie
Whether
I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth.
Ray Liotta
Three
Before
Earth
Guy
Opera
Years
Where
Soap
Soap Opera
Nicest
I was looking to become more proactive with my career because I wasn't crazy with some of the scripts I was getting - this was before Blow and Hannibal - so I decided to start my own production company.
Ray Liotta
Crazy
Looking
Become
Before
Own
Some
My Own
More
Because
Blow
Proactive
Getting
Hannibal
Decided
Scripts
Production
Production Company
Company
Start
Career
So I decided to form a production company with my wife and our partner Diane.
Ray Liotta
Wife
Partner
Our
Diane
Form
Decided
Production
Production Company
Company
This is the profession I chose, and you really learn to save your money because you never know how it's going to go, but you still want to get out there and work.
Ray Liotta
Work
You
Money
Out
Never
Know
Learn
Because
How
Still
Go
Get
Going
Want
Really
Your
Profession
Chose
Save
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!'
Ray Liotta
Me
You
People
Comedy
Father
Sweet
Nice
Too
About
Guy
Johnny
Johnny Depp
Look
Hill
Roles
Blow
Preconceptions
Whereas
Depp
Really
Nice Guy
Nicest
Henry
There are a lot of actors who will watch the monitors. They'll do a scene, and then the director will look back to see if he got whatever he wanted. I just find it odd to sit there and watch yourself.
Ray Liotta
Director
Yourself
Will
Sit
Whatever
Back
Find
See
Scene
He
Look
Got
Odd
Lot
Just
Wanted
Then
Who
Actor
Watch
With any mannerisms or dialogue, you have to be careful you're not just serving yourself. What happens with improving is a lot of times, if you're not in the framework of the script, you're just making everything easier so it fits you.
Ray Liotta
You
Yourself
Everything
Framework
Easier
Be Careful
Making
Dialogue
Lot
Fits
Times
Improving
Any
Just
Happens
Script
Mannerisms
Serving
Careful
I get up at six to work out. I've done it since school, it's always been part of my life. It's a good way to take the edge off. I like getting up early; I've got a daughter, I'm a single dad.
Ray Liotta
Life
Work
Good
School
My Life
Daughter
Edge
Single
Way
Out
Take
Good Way
Part
Since
Like
Always
Got
Been
Off
Up
Get
Done
Getting
Six
Work Out
Dad
Early
Not all journalists are really journalists. They ask such stupid questions sometimes, especially the newer ones, and because... these people can't tell if you're joking around, you just can't have any sense of humour; you really can't.
Ray Liotta
You
People
Sometimes
Stupid
Sense
Humour
Tell
Joking
Journalists
Stupid Questions
Because
Around
Questions
Any
Just
Ask
Really
My dad said, 'Go to college and take whatever you want.' So, I went to the University of Miami. When I got up to the line at registration, I saw that you had to take math and history. I said, 'There's no way I'm taking math and history.' And right next to it was the line for the drama department.
Ray Liotta
History
You
College
Whatever
Drama
Saw
Way
Take
Had
Taking
Said
Got
Go
Line
Math
Up
Miami
Department
Want
Registration
Next
Dad
Right
University
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.
Ray Liotta
Life
Game
Fight
My Life
Rules
Bad
Pretend
Bad Guys
Something
Guys
Adult
Never
Been
Children
Different
Acting
Fun
Play
Level
Playing
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.
Ray Liotta
Time
Relationship
Reflection
Think
Way
Kind
Insight
Had
Go
Going
Wanted
Pause
Then
Career
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.
Ray Liotta
Saying
Me
People
Trouble
Feelings
Relating
Emotionally
Tune
Mean
I feel I've done everything late in life. Got married late, and I didn't do my first movie until I was 31. But in this crazy business, you never know what's going to happen. Maybe after 20 years of making movies I'll become an overnight sensation.
Ray Liotta
Life
Crazy
You
Business
First
Become
Late
Everything
Married
Never
Feel
Know
Until
Got
Making
Making Movies
Overnight
Years
Done
Going
Maybe
Sensation
Movie
Happen
After
Movies
Not like Chinese food, where you eat it and then you feel hungry an hour later.
Ray Liotta
Food
You
Later
Hungry
Eat
Feel
Hour
Like
Where
Chinese
Chinese Food
Then
Suddenly playing the charming bad guy was my thing.
Ray Liotta
Bad
Bad Guy
Charming
Guy
Suddenly
Thing
Playing
So, you need to balance it out with bigger and smaller movies.
Ray Liotta
You
Balance
Out
Smaller
Bigger
Movies
Need
Today some actors get a little full of themselves about what they're doing.
Ray Liotta
Today
Some
About
Doing
Get
Little
Themselves
Full
Actor
When I found out Cusack was involved, I liked that a lot.
Ray Liotta
Out
Liked
Involved
Lot
Found
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