American - Actor | December 18, 1955 -
I think people like watching edgy things.
Ray Liotta
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I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth.
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Suddenly playing the charming bad guy was my thing.
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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.
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I didn't like some of the movies that were coming into me.
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So I decided to form a production company with my wife and our partner Diane.
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What I really am is a homebody. I was a homebody even before I had a family. My days are filled with home stuff.
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I didn't start acting until I was in college, which was in the 70's.
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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.
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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!'
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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.
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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.
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