Today some actors get a little full of themselves about what they're doing. Ray Liotta More Quotes by Ray Liotta More Quotes From Ray Liotta I've done a few movies where I really liked the project, but I wasn't sure about the director, and I still did it and my instinct was right, in the beginning. Even though it was a good story, the guy still didn't really know what he was doing. Ray Liotta guystoriesdirectors I think drug movies free the director to make intense films Ray Liotta drugdirectorsthinking 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. But if you can be objective, I can see how it's really useful as a tool, especially if you're doing something physical. Ray Liotta toolswatchesdirectors So I decided to form a production company with my wife and our partner Diane. Ray Liotta partnersformwife The best way to learn anything is through a movie, because you have so much time to do it and you have great people teaching you. Ray Liotta teachingpeopleway Just by the nature of what we do it kind of gets you out of the regularities of life. Playing pretend for a living is a good way to have a release and playing make believe is a good way of getting away from it and doing things like this. So I think work gets me away from life. Ray Liotta believewaythinking 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. It's much more interesting and challenging to go to it, rather than it coming to you. Ray Liotta scriptschallengesinteresting In college, I started out doing musicals and Shakespeare Ray Liotta college 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 independentbecomingsquares There's a personal side to me of challenges as an actor that I like to take on myself. Ray Liotta actorschallengessides I do certain things that, maybe, nobody else knows why I'm doing. But it's all - it all has to do with - to grow as an actor. Ray Liotta certaingrowsactors I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth. Ray Liotta threeguyyears I think people like watching edgy things. Ray Liotta edgypeoplethinking If you start acting and you start thinking about and worrying about what other people are going to say about it, you'll never really fully commit to who it is and what it is that you're playing. Ray Liotta worrypeoplethinking I never, ever wanted to be an actor. Ray Liotta actorswanted 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 Ray Liotta crazycareersblow I just know what it's like being an East Coast person, being from New Jersey. Ray Liotta jerseyeastcoast You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them. Ray Liotta independentbiggerkind A stare is really nothing more than what you're thinking inside. Ray Liotta staringthinking I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor. Ray Liotta armygameskids
