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" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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've worked on what I think are good things. "

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

" People are always telling me to shut up about Chicago. "

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

" I would love, one day before this is all over, to do a Western. That, and to play a priest. "

" When they released Sidewalks of New York, there were some shots with the towers they were going to take out, and Ed told them no. I don't think they can deny the towers were a part of New York. "

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

" I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap? "

" You really have to act on the force, too. You're involved in a hundred things a day, and you have to react in a hundred different ways, depending on what's going on. And you learn that as you go through your career, how you handle certain situations, interrogations, how you carry yourself. There's a kind of acting to it. "

" 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. "

" You can change a person's life in an instant; put him in a movie, and you start thinking differently, you want to be in another movie. It's like an addiction almost. "

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

" Change never bothers me, not really. "

" I was a policeman for 18 years. "

" I'm very lucky. I'm the most fortunate guy that I know. "

" I've taken up golf... or golf has taken me up. "

" 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. "

" I like being in the '60s. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In the kind of roles I do, you can do them and walk away from it and have a really nice time. "

" What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me. "