Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1995–1996 Oscar winner "Raging Bull", the first movie to star both De Niro and Pesci), and "Li'l bit" (a shortened version of a line from "Goodfellas" (where De Niro accuses another mobster of being a "little bit out of line" for insulting Pesci's character), another film starring the two actors). The real Pesci and De Niro appeared on one episode, criticizing Breuer for playing caricatures of their film characters. Quinn suddenly says he is not De Niro, but "Colin Quinn from "Remote Control"." Breuer's and Quinn's weak defense of themselves insults Pesci, who asks De Niro if they were just insulted,
Ray Liotta starring opposite Jennifer Lopez in "Shades of Blue". He doesn’t smoke anymore Liotta married actress Michelle Grace in February 1997 after they met at her former husband Mark Grace's professional baseball game. Together they co-starred in "The Rat Pack", in which Liotta played Frank Sinatra and Grace played Judith Campbell Exner. They have a daughter, Karsen Liotta, born in 1998. The couple divorced in 2004. From his experience shooting the Western "Texas Rising," Liotta says he has continued horseback riding. He said, "I was obsessed with riding horses [on the show]. I love it now. I've never had a hobby.