Lopez played Detective Harlee Santos, and Liotta portrayed her colleague and father figure, Lieutenant Matt Wozniak. "Ray was my partner in crime on Shades of Blue … the first thing that comes ...

Ray Liotta was ... me than my daughter," Liotta told PEOPLE last year. Liotta told PEOPLE he "enjoyed" working with Jennifer Lopez on their NBC cop drama, Shades of Blue, from 2016 to 2018.

Men's Journal caught up with Ray Liotta, who stars in NBC's gritty cop drama, 'Shades of Blue,' which airs on Sunday nights. Here, he shares how he prepared for his role, the impact of 'Goodfellas ...