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" I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character. "

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Think

" 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. "

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

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Golf

Taken

" Usually you're in movies with a lot of dissolves and things, but this was kind of quick, more jarring than usual. I thought it would be fun to be in a movie that's unconventional. Then I met Guy and I liked him. I think he's a good man. "

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

" I try to bring my own style to a role, but I can't change how people think of me. "

" 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

Work

" 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. "

" I really don't think there's such a thing as an ex-policeman. "

" This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason. "

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

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

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

" You can't act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right. "

Dennis Farina

Right

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. "

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

" 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

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

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

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People

Chicago

" I like being in the '60s. "

Dennis Farina

Being

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

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

" Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was open to changes. "

" 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

Time

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There's not too many offers that come my way about being in a musical. "

" I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script. "

" I think my high-school acting career lasted a day. "