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" As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids. "
Dennis Farina
Just
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" This is my first experience working in a foreign movie, but the mechanics, I think, are pretty much the same all over; you still have to wait in the trailer. "
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" This isn't the most handsome face in the world, and there are a lot of younger guys out there, but I keep hanging in there. "
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" 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. "
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" When I first started out acting, I didn't have anything to lose. I had another career. If I fell on my face, I could say, 'I'll see ya,' and go back to working. "
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Lose
" This face is nothing to brag about. I don't know what it is that these people see in my face. "
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" When I was a kid going to the movies, we'd go because Bogart was in the movie, or Cagney, or John Wayne. We didn't know what the story was about or anything. "
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