After news broke that Goodfellas star Ray Liotta had died at age 67, tributes from costars, filmmakers, and fans began to pour in. The actor reportedly passed away in his sleep in the Dominican Republic where he was shooting the film Dangerous Waters. Best summarizing the world’s reaction to the news, James Caan simply tweeted, “Not Ray.”

One of the earliest tributes came from Lorraine Bracco, who played Liotta’s onscreen wife in Goodfellas. “I am utterly shattered to hear this terrible news about my Ray,” she tweeted alongside a photo of herself with Liotta. “I can be anywhere in the world & people will come up & tell me their favorite movie is Goodfellas. Then they always ask what was the best part of making that movie. My response has always been the same…Ray Liotta.”

Martin Scorsese, who helmed Liotta’s star-making mob epic, said in a statement to Vanity Fair: “I’m absolutely shocked and devastated by the sudden, unexpected death of Ray Liotta. He was so uniquely gifted, so adventurous, so courageous as an actor. Playing Henry Hill in Good Fellas was a tall order, because the character had so many different facets, so many complicated layers, and Ray was in almost every scene of a long, tough shoot. He absolutely amazed me, and I’ll always be proud of the work we did together on that picture. My heart goes out to his loved ones, and it aches for his loss, way too early.”

Liotta’s costar in the 1990 film, Robert De Niro shared a statement, writing, “I was very saddened to learn of Ray’s passing. He is way too young to have left us. May he Rest in Peace.”

Several other celebrities who worked with or admired Liotta paid homage to him on social media as well, including his Shades of Blue costar Jennifer Lopez, Field of Dreams’ Kevin Costner, Elizabeth Banks, who directed him in the upcoming film Cocaine Bear,  and Taron Egerton, who stars alongside the actor in this year’s AppleTV+ series Blackbird. 

One of Liotta’s heralded later roles was as a New Jersey mafia member in The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel film to the iconic HBO series The Sopranos. Alessandro Nivola, one of the movie’s leading men, shared a still of himself and Liotta in the project. “RIP Ray Liotta,” he wrote. “I feel so lucky to have squared off against this legend in one of his final roles. The scenes we did together were among the all time highlights of my acting career. He was dangerous, unpredictable, hilarious, and generous with his praise for other actors. Too soon.”

David Chase, creator of The Sopranos and writer/producer on The Many Saints of Newark, also recalled being inspired by one of Liotta’s earliest roles. “This is a massive, unexpected shock,” he said in a statement to V.F. “I have been an admirer of Ray’s work since I saw him in Something Wild, a movie he wrenched by the tail. I was so glad he worked on The Many Saints of Newark. I believed strongly in my heart that he could play that double role. He created two distinctly separate characters and each performance was phenomenal. Ray was also a very warm and humorous person. A really superior actor. We all felt we lucked out having him on that movie.”