Dennis Farina Quotes
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This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason.
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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.
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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.
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Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.
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I like being in the '60s.
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I have no message or answers to social questions.
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I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script.
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I like working. I like getting up every morning and going somewhere. Where I do it or what form doesn't matter.
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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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I live my life. And the best place to do that is Chicago.
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When I was younger, I watched all the detective shows.
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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 love England and the historical aspect of it.
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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.
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You can't act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right.
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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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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.
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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 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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I'm very lucky. I'm the most fortunate guy that I know.
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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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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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As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids.
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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.