Well, for Blow I had to age from 20 to 60, starting out in shape and then later putting on fat pads.
From Ray Liotta
I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth.
What I really am is a homebody. I was a homebody even before I had a family. My days are filled with home stuff.
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!'
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.
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.
The independent-minded movies - it's always an uphill battle to get them made and seen. You do what you can, and go out there after and try to tell people about it, but at the end of the day, that's all you can do.
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.
You don't do anything thinking that it's going to stick.
So, you need to balance it out with bigger and smaller movies.
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