Ray Liotta’s daughter shares famous tough guy’s soft side: 'He was like a big teddy bear'

Ray Liotta's girl Karsen Liotta paid tribute to her precocious father arsenic he was honored pinch a posthumous prima connected nan Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The 24-year-old character accepted nan prima connected her father's behalf astatine nan ceremony, which was held connected Hollywood Boulevard successful Los Angeles connected a rainy Friday morning.

After nan ceremony, Karsen told Fox News Digital her begetter was very different from nan reliable feline roles he was known for playing complete his decades-long career.

"He was for illustration a large teddy bear," Karsen said.

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Ray Liotta's girl Karsen Liotta accepted her precocious father's posthumous prima connected nan Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Getty)

"And he's ever connected my back. Always. I told him everything. And he was my champion friend. He was location for maine until nan end.

"He ever was, and he ever will be."

The "Hubie Halloween" actress shared that accepting her father's prima "meant nan world" to her. 

"It really does," she said. "I cognize he's looking proud and thankful that I'm here. And looking down astatine nan star, proud and thankful.

"And truthful it feels amazing. And it feels yet — it's astir time."

Karsen and Liotta's fiancée Jacy Nittolo attended nan ceremonial Friday.  (Fox News Digital)

Karsen added that she hoped her begetter would beryllium remembered for his difficult activity and nan personification that he was erstwhile nan cameras weren't rolling.

"He was an astonishing person, and he loved what he did, and he loved nan group that he did it with," she told Fox News Digital.

"He worked really, really difficult to get to wherever he was. And he deserved each infinitesimal of it. And too each of that, he's moreover a amended feline disconnected screen. And that's what is astir important."

Liotta shared Karsen pinch his ex-wife Michelle Grace, to whom he was joined from 1997 to 2004. 

The "Goodfellas" star died successful his slumber at nan property of 67 successful May successful nan Dominican Republic, wherever he was filming nan upcoming thriller "Dangerous Waters." Liotta was engaged to Jacy Nittolo, 47, astatine nan clip of his death.

During nan ceremony, Karsen gave an affectional reside earlier Liotta's prima was unveiled.

"I'm truthful touched to beryllium accepting this grant connected behalf of my dad. I couldn't beryllium much proud of him," nan "Shades of Blue" alum said.

"If you person a Ray successful your life, you're lucky. I emotion you truthful much. Thank you for your activity and nan imprint you near connected maine and each of those who emotion you. Everyone deserves a Ray successful their life."

Other speakers astatine nan ceremonial included Elizabeth Banks, who directed Liotta successful 1 of his past movie projects, nan recently-released drama scary movie "Cocaine Bear," and Taron Egerton, who co-starred pinch nan character successful nan Apple TV+ crime bid "Black Bird."

During her speech, Banks, 49, reflected connected her "special bond" pinch Liotta arsenic she recalled being "blown away" erstwhile she met him for nan first clip connected nan group of their 2011 movie "The Details."

"I ever admired his acting, but I genuinely enjoyed him arsenic a human," she said. 

"Although he's known for playing reliable guys, I recovered him to beryllium charming and a small mischievous, which made him charming arsenic an character and arsenic a man and genuinely cleanable for ‘Cocaine Bear.’

"When immoderate character of Ray's caliber puts spot successful you arsenic a director, it's a gift. But Ray gave maine truthful overmuch more. Ray's respect for maine arsenic a director, arsenic his leader connected set, meant everything to maine because if you tin nonstop Henry Hill, you tin do f---ing thing successful this town."

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"The Hunger Games" alum besides shared nan communicative of really Liotta discovered his Irish practice while filming "Cocaine Bear" successful Ireland. She told nan crowd that Liotta, who was adopted, had ever believed he was Scottish and Italian. However, while addressing nan formed and unit during a reside aft nan movie wrapped, Liotta said that a genealogy trial revealed that he was "85 percent Irish."

"I'm heartbroken that he isn't present enjoying this pinch america and laughing astatine this rain," she said. "But I'm grateful to nan Chamber of Commerce for marking this spot pinch his name. And I'm grateful that I sewage to hug Ray a mates of weeks earlier he passed, and I sewage to show him our zany movie.

"And boy, americium I grateful that he laughed and said, ‘Good job.’'

Egerton paid tribute to Liotta, who played Egerton's character's begetter successful nan miniseries "Black Bird." (David Livingston/Getty Images)

In his speech, Egerton, 33, recalled being inspired by Liotta erstwhile they worked together connected "Black Bird." In nan series, Liotta played nan begetter of Egerton's character, Jimmy.

"He was 1 of those uncommon artists that brought each of himself into his work, each of his intensity, each of his vulnerability and, successful nan lawsuit of our show, each of his love," he said. "I was profoundly inspired by Ray. He was nan epitome of an actor's actor."

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Liotta was honored pinch nan 2,749th prima connected nan Hollywood Walk of Fame and Feb. 24 was proclaimed "Ray Liotta Day."

"Cocaine Bear" opened successful theaters Friday.