Ray Liotta Part One
Four more years passed with only small TV parts to show for it. His career was going nowhere and he was getting nervous and very frustrated. Then he heard that Jonathan Demme was casting an unknown in a black comedy called Something Wild. But he couldn't get a reading so he called Melanie (who had the lead female part) and asked her to help him get an audition. She did and Ray finally got his shot. He funneled all his career frustration into it and landed the role with a vengeance. His disturbing performance made a big impression on Hollywood, earning him a Golden Globe nomination and Boston Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor.
"I think your imagination - and your mind - is a muscle: The more you work it out, the stronger it gets." GQ November 1991 "You do a lot of homework. I think about everything a lot - a lot - to get a good idea, before I step on the set, where I'm going." Premiere Magazine March 1988. "Acting is a simple make-believe game and that's it." Chattanooga News Free Press, June 26, 1992 "I've gotten to the point where you let it go. You try to make the best choices that you can. If the movie gods are going to shine on you, they will." Movieline, 1998 |
FILMOGRAPHY
1999 Muppets From Space (Security Guard)
1999 Forever Mine (Mark Brice)
1998 Rat Pack, The (TV) (Frank Sinatra)
1998 Phoenix (1998) (Harry)
1997 Cop Land (Gary Figgis)
1997 Turbulence (Ryan Weaver)
1996 Unforgettable (Dr. David Krane)
1995 Operation Dumbo Drop (Capt. T.C. Doyle)
1994 Corrina, Corrina (Manny Singer)
1994 No Escape (Robbins)
1992 Unlawful Entry (Officer Pete Davis)
1991 Article 99 (Dr. Richard Sturgess)
1991 Women & Men 2 (Martin Meadows) Tv
1990 GoodFellas (Henry Hill)
1989 Field of Dreams (Shoeless Joe Jackson)
1988 Arena Brains
1988 Dominick and Eugene (Eugene Luciano)
1988 Gino
1986 Something Wild (Ray Sinclair)
1985 Our Family Honor (Ed Santini) Tv
1983 Casablanca (Sacha) Tv
1983 The Lonely Lady (Joe Heron)
1981 Crazy Times (Tv)
1980 Hardhat and Legs (Tv)
1978-81 "Another World" (Joey Perini)
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