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" 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
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" I've been involved in some movies that I really thought were going to take off that didn't. And then I've thought, 'This movie's not going anywhere,' and it worked. The same thing with television shows. "
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" My parents, I don't know about 'strict,' but I would say they were fair and judicious, you know? "
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" One of the funny things in life to me is a guy who takes himself very seriously. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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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 don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled. "
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" I even played a part in 'Miami Vice.' "
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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. "
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" I would love, one day before this is all over, to do a Western. That, and to play a priest. "
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" There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school. "
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" I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap? "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Rooting for the Cubs is not easy, but the best things in life never are. "
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" I've taken up golf... or golf has taken me up. "
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