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" I've taken up golf... or golf has taken me up. "
Dennis Farina
Golf
Me
Taken
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" You can't act for the editing. You have to leave that to him. So you just go in and do the scene the way you think is right or whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director. "
Dennis Farina
Way
Editing
Rest
" I'm just a character actor. "
Dennis Farina
Actor
Just
Character
" 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
Me
Right
You
" This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason. "
Dennis Farina
Good
Reason
Some
" I really don't think there's such a thing as an ex-policeman. "
Dennis Farina
Think
Really
Such A Thing
" Chicago's always a friendly place to me. "
Dennis Farina
Chicago
Place
Me
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
Going
Story
Movies
" 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
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
Back
Say
Lose
" This face is nothing to brag about. I don't know what it is that these people see in my face. "
Dennis Farina
Know
Nothing
People
" Sometimes I do pinch myself about the life I've had. "
Dennis Farina
Myself
About
Sometimes
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
Law
Show
Tell
" Sometimes you can take those dramatic roles and maybe interject a little humor into them, and I think the reverse also works. "
Dennis Farina
Dramatic
Think
You
" Most cop movies and TV shows are fantasies. "
Dennis Farina
Movies
Cop
Most
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
Gold
History
Law
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
Start
Thinking
Want
" I try to bring my own style to a role, but I can't change how people think of me. "
Dennis Farina
Style
Think
People
" I'm set in my own ways. I like to do the things I want to do when I want to do them. "
Dennis Farina
Things
Ways
Own
" Am I a good actor? I don't think about it. But I'm working on it. "
Dennis Farina
Actor
Good
Good Actor
" I loved 'Buddy Faro.' I loved the whole idea. "
Dennis Farina
Idea
Loved
Whole
" I've probably played more non-police roles than people realize. "
Dennis Farina
Roles
Than
More
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
People
Mirror
Crazy
" I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled. "
Dennis Farina
Anything
Want
Talked
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
Good
Fun
Think
" 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
Day
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
Acting
Work
Progress
" I have no message or answers to social questions. "
Dennis Farina
Questions
Social
Message
" When I was younger, I watched all the detective shows. "
Dennis Farina
Watched
Shows
Detective
" 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. "
Dennis Farina
Hard
Know
Like
" The cast was huge, but I never saw anybody. "
Dennis Farina
Cast
Anybody
Saw