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" Car chases usually don't involve major criminals - they're usually guys afraid of getting another traffic ticket. "
Dennis Farina
Car
Afraid
Getting
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" I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script. "
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" This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason. "
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Reason
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" I've been involved in some movies that I really thought were going to take off that didn't. And then I've thought, 'This movie's not going anywhere,' and it worked. The same thing with television shows. "
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" What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me. "
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" Maybe it's because I was too much reality, but I'm not interested in seeing too much reality anymore. I'd rather watch a Dean Martin concert and let the world go by. "
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World
Too Much
" I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home. "
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Go
Year
" The cast was huge, but I never saw anybody. "
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Cast
Anybody
Saw
" In the kind of roles I do, you can do them and walk away from it and have a really nice time. "
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Nice
Kind
" You can't act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right. "
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Go
Way
" 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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Back
Say
Lose
" I didn't fall for a lot of that stardom stuff. "
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Stardom
Lot
Fall
" I've taken up golf... or golf has taken me up. "
Dennis Farina
Golf
Me
Taken
" It was a great time, and I liked the guys. I liked getting up every morning and being a cop. "
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Great
Up
Time
" I think there is something very nice about going to work to try to make people laugh. "
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Work
Think
People
" The most credible police shows I've ever seen were 'Barney Miller' on TV and 'The French Connection' movie. They showed the tedious side of police work. "
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Seen
TV
Work
" I really don't think there's such a thing as an ex-policeman. "
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Think
Really
Such A Thing
" Sometimes I do pinch myself about the life I've had. "
Dennis Farina
Myself
About
Sometimes
" I even played a part in 'Miami Vice.' "
Dennis Farina
Miami
Even
Played
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
People
Mirror
Crazy
" 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. "
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Hard
Know
Like
" Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was open to changes. "
Dennis Farina
Try
Changes
Guy
" I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agreed to do it as a series. "
Dennis Farina
Small
Said
Movies
" I would love, one day before this is all over, to do a Western. That, and to play a priest. "
Dennis Farina
Before
One Day
Day
" I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap? "
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Two
Say
Go
" When I was younger, I watched all the detective shows. "
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Watched
Shows
Detective
" I've probably played more non-police roles than people realize. "
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Roles
Than
More
" 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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Diamond
Mind
Think
" As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids. "
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Just
Far
Right
" Am I a good actor? I don't think about it. But I'm working on it. "
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Actor
Good
Good Actor
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
Smart
People
Too Much