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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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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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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When I was younger, I watched all the detective shows.
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I live my life. And the best place to do that is Chicago.
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I have no message or answers to social questions.
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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 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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I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script.
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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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What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me.
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I'm very lucky. I'm the most fortunate guy that I know.
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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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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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My mother and sisters cooked Italian food, and I never heard of half of the dishes you see in these Italian restaurants. I just go in and order spaghetti.
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Sometimes I do pinch myself about the life I've had.
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I love England and the historical aspect of it.
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As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids.
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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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I realize that no one is going to come to me and ask me to be Julius Caesar or a romantic lead, but I think I'm a certain type of guy who looks a certain way, and that's just the reality of things.