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" 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. "

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" 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

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

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

" Sometimes I do pinch myself about the life I've had. "

" Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case. "

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

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

" 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 was a policeman for 18 years. "

Dennis Farina

Years

Policeman

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

Dennis Farina

Golf

Taken

" My best year was probably 1948, and after that, it's been downhill for me. "

Dennis Farina

Year

Downhill

" 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. "

" If I'm characterized as a character actor, that's fine with me. Whatever they want to call me is fine. "

" 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. "

" It was a great time, and I liked the guys. I liked getting up every morning and being a cop. "

Dennis Farina

Great

Time

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

" I think there is something very nice about going to work to try to make people laugh. "

" 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. "

" I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home. "

Dennis Farina

Chicago

Year

" Chicago's always a friendly place to me. "

Dennis Farina

Chicago

Place

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

Right

You

" 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

Work

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

" 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. "

" I wasn't so sure about signing up for 'Law & Order.' I liked the show, but another TV series? I'll tell you, though, it's been great, and I had no idea how popular the show was. "

" 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. "