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" The cast was huge, but I never saw anybody. "

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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. "

" My parents, I don't know about 'strict,' but I would say they were fair and judicious, you know? "

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

" The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun. "

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

" Am I a good actor? I don't think about it. But I'm working on it. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" When I was younger, I watched all the detective shows. "

" 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. "

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

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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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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" Change never bothers me, not really. "

" For some reason or another, 'Richard Diamond, Private Eye,' still sticks out in my mind. I don't think I particularly liked that show, but for some reason, he sticks in my mind. "

" I have - and you gotta believe this - hardly ever met anybody in Hollywood who's not nice. There are some people I don't like, but everybody has been very nice. "