In Scorcese’s Goodfellas he turned up as mobster Henry Hill, delivering the second great performance of his career. With his wiry intensity and starburst eyes, he was by turns funny, cool, and terrifying. The Glitter and the GlueĪctor Ray Liotta made a big first impression when he burned his way through Something Wild. Here’s the article, rescued from the memory hole. He was both reflective and enthusiastic, and it was a real pleasure to spend some time with him. I spoke to him at a point when Narc was critically acclaimed and his gamble to self-produce his own film was really paying off. At the time I was a film critic for a Seattle alternative newspaper called Tablet which is both gone and forgotten. I interviewed him in early 2003 when he came to Seattle to promote his new film Narc, which was his debut project as a producer. Actor Ray Liotta passed away much too soon this week at the age of sixty-seven.
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