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" 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. "

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Dennis Farina

People

Mirror

Crazy

" This is my first experience working in a foreign movie, but the mechanics, I think, are pretty much the same all over; you still have to wait in the trailer. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm set in my own ways. I like to do the things I want to do when I want to do them. "

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

" Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director. "

Dennis Farina

Rest

Leave

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

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

" I've worked on what I think are good things. "

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

" 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. "

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

Dennis Farina

Chicago

Place

" I have no message or answers to social questions. "

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

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

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

" There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I like being in the '60s. "

Dennis Farina

Being

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

Dennis Farina

Golf

Taken

" 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. "

" 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

" People are always telling me to shut up about Chicago. "

Dennis Farina

People

Chicago

" This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason. "

" 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. "

" I live my life. And the best place to do that is Chicago. "