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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.
Dennis Farina -
I try to bring my own style to a role, but I can't change how people think of me.
Dennis Farina
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I didn't fall for a lot of that stardom stuff.
Dennis Farina -
If I'm characterized as a character actor, that's fine with me. Whatever they want to call me is fine.
Dennis Farina -
You can't act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right.
Dennis Farina -
I even played a part in 'Miami Vice.'
Dennis Farina -
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.
Dennis Farina -
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.
Dennis Farina
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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.
Dennis Farina -
I'm just a character actor.
Dennis Farina -
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.
Dennis Farina -
I was a policeman for 18 years.
Dennis Farina -
I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.
Dennis Farina -
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.
Dennis Farina
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I've taken up golf... or golf has taken me up.
Dennis Farina -
I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled.
Dennis Farina -
Maybe it's because I was too much reality, but I'm not interested in seeing too much reality anymore. I'd rather watch a Dean Martin concert and let the world go by.
Dennis Farina -
We know television should educate and inform, and I believe it should entertain.
Dennis Farina -
People are always telling me to shut up about Chicago.
Dennis Farina -
Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case.
Dennis Farina
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I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home.
Dennis Farina -
Car chases usually don't involve major criminals - they're usually guys afraid of getting another traffic ticket.
Dennis Farina -
I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words.
Dennis Farina -
In the kind of roles I do, you can do them and walk away from it and have a really nice time.
Dennis Farina