"I feel passionate about things. And I feel things deeply, and thats always the way Ive been taught, right from the beginning, that the deeper you feel something the better the acting.....and then its also the person youre playing. If youre playing someone whos upset or yelling, thats what you gotta do. Thats the job."
Raymond Allen Liotta was an American actor. He first gained attention for his role in the film Something Wild (1986), which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. He was best known for his portrayals of Shoeless Joe Jackson in the film Field of Dreams (1989) and Henry Hill in the film Goodfellas (1990). Liotta appeared in numerous other films, including Unlawful Entry (1992), Cop Land (1997),
"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 theyre "in" its totally about playing pretend. The game of it."