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
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
You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them. – Ray Liotta
Well, for Blow I had to age from 20 to 60, starting out in shape and then later putting on fat pads. – Ray Liotta
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. – Ray Liotta
What I really am is a homebody. I was a homebody even before I had a family. My days are filled with home stuff. – Ray Liotta
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. – Ray Liotta
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. – Ray Liotta
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. – Ray Liotta
The first script I got was Narc and I really responded to it; it reminded me of a ’70s type movie, I really liked the characters, I didn’t anticipate the ending. – Ray Liotta
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
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. – Ray Liotta
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
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
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
