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" I would love, one day before this is all over, to do a Western. That, and to play a priest. "
Dennis Farina
Before
One Day
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I never jumped into anything, and I never liked being cajoled into anything. I've pretty much always done things because I wanted to do them. "
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" Most cop movies and TV shows are fantasies. "
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" As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids. "
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" I even played a part in 'Miami Vice.' "
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Even
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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. "
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" It was a great time, and I liked the guys. I liked getting up every morning and being a cop. "
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