Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home. "
Dennis Farina
Chicago
Go
Year
Related Quotes:
" When I first got into acting, I never had any long-term goals, never had any plan. I just thought it would be a good way to make some extra money. "
Dennis Farina
Acting
Goals
Good
" This face is nothing to brag about. I don't know what it is that these people see in my face. "
Dennis Farina
Know
Nothing
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. "
Dennis Farina
Seen
TV
Work
" I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script. "
Dennis Farina
Pick
Important
First
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
Wait
You
Working
" Sometimes I do pinch myself about the life I've had. "
Dennis Farina
Myself
About
Sometimes
" Car chases usually don't involve major criminals - they're usually guys afraid of getting another traffic ticket. "
Dennis Farina
Car
Afraid
Getting
" I like working. I like getting up every morning and going somewhere. Where I do it or what form doesn't matter. "
Dennis Farina
Working
Going
Morning
" I'm set in my own ways. I like to do the things I want to do when I want to do them. "
Dennis Farina
Things
Ways
Own
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
Diamond
Mind
Think
" I really don't think there's such a thing as an ex-policeman. "
Dennis Farina
Think
Really
Such A Thing
" I realize that no one is going to come to me and ask me to be Julius Caesar or a romantic lead, but I think I'm a certain type of guy who looks a certain way, and that's just the reality of things. "
Dennis Farina
Think
Me
Reality
" My parents, I don't know about 'strict,' but I would say they were fair and judicious, you know? "
Dennis Farina
Strict
Parents
Know
" I think my high-school acting career lasted a day. "
Dennis Farina
I Think
Think
Day
" In the kind of roles I do, you can do them and walk away from it and have a really nice time. "
Dennis Farina
Walk
Nice
Kind
" My mother and sisters cooked Italian food, and I never heard of half of the dishes you see in these Italian restaurants. I just go in and order spaghetti. "
Dennis Farina
See
You
Food
" I've probably played more non-police roles than people realize. "
Dennis Farina
Roles
Than
More
" 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 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. "
Dennis Farina
Need
Learning
School
" What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me. "
Dennis Farina
Me
Right
You
" When I was younger, I watched all the detective shows. "
Dennis Farina
Watched
Shows
Detective
" Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director. "
Dennis Farina
Rest
Leave
Up
" As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids. "
Dennis Farina
Just
Far
Right
" 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'm very lucky. I'm the most fortunate guy that I know. "
Dennis Farina
Most
Very
Lucky
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
Watch
World
Too Much
" This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason. "
Dennis Farina
Good
Reason
Some
" The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun. "
Dennis Farina
Words
Slang
British
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
Editing
Thought
Camera
" I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap? "
Dennis Farina
Two
Say
Go