Dennis Farina Quotes
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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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As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids.
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I try to bring my own style to a role, but I can't change how people think of me.
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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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I've taken up golf... or golf has taken me up.
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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 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.
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Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was open to changes.
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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.
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Car chases usually don't involve major criminals - they're usually guys afraid of getting another traffic ticket.
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I was a policeman for 18 years.
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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.
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I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words.
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I didn't fall for a lot of that stardom stuff.
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If I'm characterized as a character actor, that's fine with me. Whatever they want to call me is fine.
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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 even played a part in 'Miami Vice.'
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I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.
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I'm just a character actor.
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I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled.
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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 loved 'Buddy Faro.' I loved the whole idea.
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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.
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We know television should educate and inform, and I believe it should entertain.