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" Acting is a work in progress for me. I just try to keep my mouth shut and my eyes and ears open, especially with the people I've worked with. "

" Am I a good actor? I don't think about it. But I'm working on it. "

" As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids. "

" Car chases usually don't involve major criminals - they're usually guys afraid of getting another traffic ticket. "

" Change never bothers me, not really. "

" Chicago's always a friendly place to me. "

" Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director. "

" Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case. "

" For some reason or another, 'Richard Diamond, Private Eye,' still sticks out in my mind. I don't think I particularly liked that show, but for some reason, he sticks in my mind. "

" I didn't fall for a lot of that stardom stuff. "

" I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do. There's not too many of them made, so I don't know if I'll ever get to do that. They're awfully hard movies to make. "

" I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words. "

" I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled. "

" I don't need to see the old school to remember it and the teachers there. They changed the way that I've always looked at life and learning. "

" I even played a part in 'Miami Vice.' "

" If I'm characterized as a character actor, that's fine with me. Whatever they want to call me is fine. "

" If you did something, and it wasn't right, you definitely found out about it. And they were pretty smart people, both my parents, so you didn't get too much by them. "

" I had seen 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' and I thought that was a different kind of film than I'd seen before, with that kind of editing and slick camera movements. "

" I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home. "

" I have - and you gotta believe this - hardly ever met anybody in Hollywood who's not nice. There are some people I don't like, but everybody has been very nice. "

" I have no message or answers to social questions. "

" I just think 'Law & Order' is the gold standard. History is going to show that it's probably one of the best series of shows that has been on television. "

" I know people who go back and check themselves, but it drives me crazy. Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case. "

" I learned a long time ago: You're in the entertainment business. You're not in the reality business. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other. "

" I like being in the '60s. "

" I like working. I like getting up every morning and going somewhere. Where I do it or what form doesn't matter. "

" I live my life. And the best place to do that is Chicago. "

" I loved 'Buddy Faro.' I loved the whole idea. "

" I love England and the historical aspect of it. "

" I'm a bit of a clotheshorse, and having a tailor-made suit is a big deal. "

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