A biography for Ray Liottahasn’t been written yet.
“Not like Chinese food, where you eat it and then you feel hungry an hour later.”
“I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth.”
“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.”
“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.”
“You don't do anything thinking that it's going to stick.”
“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.”
“You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them.”
“I think people like watching edgy things.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor.”
“My wife read Narc as well and was really into it.”
“In college, I started out doing musicals and Shakespeare.”
“When I found out Cusack was involved, I liked that a lot.”
“What I really am is a homebody. I was a homebody even before I had a family. My days are filled with home stuff.”
“When I read Copland, I really wanted Stallone's part.”
“I've only been in one fight in my whole life... in 7th grade, yet everyone thinks I'm a maniac.”
“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.”
“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.”