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When Ray Liotta Met Real Life Goodfellas | Letterman
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In this interview, actor Ray Liotta discusses his career, including his iconic role in *Goodfellas* and his upcoming action film, *No Escape*. For language learners, this video provides an excellent opportunity to observe **natural, conversational American English**. You will gain exposure to: * **Informal storytelling:** How native speakers structure anecdotes and use humor to engage an audience. * **Idiomatic expressions:** Common phrasal verbs and descriptive phrases used in casual settings. * **Conversational flow:** Insights into how interviewers and guests manage turn-taking, follow-up questions, and lighthearted banter. It is a great resource for practicing listening comprehension in a relaxed, social context.
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our next guest has starred in some terrific motion pictures such as goodfellas and also field
of dreams his latest movie is entitled no escape and it opens on april 29th let's go see that paul
folks please welcome ray liotta ray
ray nice to see him next i know i like the cold you you like it i like the color well good for you
there you go and also i i used to do on a i was on a soap opera another world and i worked with this
oh you know so you know biff anderson yes he's very talented don't you think yes he helped me
with my commercial oh you did a commercial i did i did a love songs of the 50s it was
the first thing i've ever done and uh it actually was just stills so we just looked
in each other's eyes what is your favorite love song of the film not you know i don't remember
you uh i don't see you on a lot of television shows and as tom mentioned everybody has a
television show are you are you nervous about coming on show yeah i'm a little uncomfortable
with what is the apprehension oh just making a fool of myself i guess hell hasn't stopped me
uh and this this week has been especially bad because i had to throw the first pitch out
uh for the san francisco giants and that's a great honor it was a great
honor but i hadn't thrown a a a ball since i did uh field of dreams and i was nervous
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Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
To have a specific sense or significance, especially when explaining a word or sign. It can also describe a person's intention or the importance of something to someone.
To allow something to be seen by pointing it out or displaying it. It can also mean to explain or demonstrate how to do a specific task.
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