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" 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. "

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" I even played a part in 'Miami Vice.' "

" Change never bothers me, not really. "

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

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" We know television should educate and inform, and I believe it should entertain. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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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" Rooting for the Cubs is not easy, but the best things in life never are. "

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

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

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" Sometimes you can take those dramatic roles and maybe interject a little humor into them, and I think the reverse also works. "

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

" Most cop movies and TV shows are fantasies. "

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

" I think all actors are supposed to be character actors. "

" 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 don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words. "

" This face is nothing to brag about. I don't know what it is that these people see in my face. "

" I've probably played more non-police roles than people realize. "

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" 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. "