Ray Liotta quotes

Ray Liotta was an American actor renowned for his intense performances in film and television. Best known for his iconic role as Henry Hill in "Goodfellas," he earned acclaim for portraying complex characters. He became a respected figure in Hollywood for his memorable roles and dedication to his craft. Here are 38 of his quotes:

Suddenly playing the charming bad guy was my thing. (Ray Liotta)
I've only been in one fight in my whole life... in 7th grade, yet everyone thinks I'm a maniac. View quote
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As soon as I became proactive in producing my own stuff, I started getting other roles. View quote
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Not like Chinese food, where you eat it and then you feel hungry an hour later. View quote
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So, you need to balance it out with bigger and smaller movies. View quote
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I think people like watching edgy things. View quote
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You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them. View quote
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I know when I go to a movie I want to experience something, whether to laugh, to cry, to feel bad. View quote
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I think that if you can achieve a balance, then you appease a lot of yourself and your career and what it takes to maintain in this business for a while. View quote
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It would be nice to do a movie where I didn't have to choke the girl to get her. View quote
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I think drug movies free the director to make intense films. (Ray Liotta)
I remember watching Gene Hackman, or Robert Duvall. To just see them as actors. You think of them as these icons. But you see them mess up their lines, flub their lines, whatever, you just see the human being. But then when they're "in" it's totally about playing pretend. The game of it. View quote
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I feel passionate about things. And I feel things deeply, and that's always the way I've been taught, right from the beginning, that the deeper you feel something the better the acting..... and then it's also the person you're playing. If you're playing someone who's upset or yelling, that's what you gotta do. That's the job. View quote
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So I decided to form a production company with my wife and our partner Diane. View quote
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I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth. View quote
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The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow. View quote
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I didn't like some of the movies that were coming into me. View quote
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To me, being a gangster was better than being President of the United States. View quote
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The more you think about something, the more important it becomes, the more important it is to you, and the more important it will become to the audience. View quote
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I'm a big believer that the script is your bible. View quote
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You know, it was a small, independent movie and with Paramount becoming involved, it was obviously a good thing, but you can't put a round peg in a square hole. (Ray Liotta)
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. View quote
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In college, I started out doing musicals and Shakespeare. View quote
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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. View quote
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Mafia guys are all just insecure people who want their money. They're like little seven-year old kids when they don't get their way. I knew guys like that growing up in New Jersey. View quote
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Ray Liotta

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Occupation: American Actor
Born: December 18, 1954
Died: May 26, 2022
Quotes count: 38
Wikipedia: Ray Liotta

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