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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Friendly
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chicago's always a friendly place to me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Change never bothers me, not really.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't need to see the old school to remember it and the teachers there. They changed the way that I've always looked at life and learning.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never jumped into anything, and I never liked being cajoled into anything. I've pretty much always done things because I wanted to do them.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just a character actor.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I do pinch myself about the life I've had.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there is something very nice about going to work to try to make people laugh.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm set in my own ways. I like to do the things I want to do when I want to do them.
- Idea
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved 'Buddy Faro.' I loved the whole idea.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the funny things in life to me is a guy who takes himself very seriously.
- Characterized
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm characterized as a character actor, that's fine with me. Whatever they want to call me is fine.
- Nov 07, 2020
In the kind of roles I do, you can do them and walk away from it and have a really nice time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've taken up golf... or golf has taken me up.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started out acting, I didn't have anything to lose. I had another career. If I fell on my face, I could say, 'I'll see ya,' and go back to working.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very lucky. I'm the most fortunate guy that I know.
- I Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know television should educate and inform, and I believe it should entertain.
- Message
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have no message or answers to social questions.
- Good Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've worked on what I think are good things.
- Same
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most cop movies and TV shows are fantasies.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
Car chases usually don't involve major criminals - they're usually guys afraid of getting another traffic ticket.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Miami
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- Nov 07, 2020
I even played a part in 'Miami Vice.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like being in the '60s.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
This face is nothing to brag about. I don't know what it is that these people see in my face.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a great time, and I liked the guys. I liked getting up every morning and being a cop.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents, I don't know about 'strict,' but I would say they were fair and judicious, you know?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Acting Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my high-school acting career lasted a day.
- Depending
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- Nov 07, 2020
You really have to act on the force, too. You're involved in a hundred things a day, and you have to react in a hundred different ways, depending on what's going on. And you learn that as you go through your career, how you handle certain situations, interrogations, how you carry yourself. There's a kind of acting to it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have - and you gotta believe this - hardly ever met anybody in Hollywood who's not nice. There are some people I don't like, but everybody has been very nice.
- Editing
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case.
- Not Interested
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like working. I like getting up every morning and going somewhere. Where I do it or what form doesn't matter.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live my life. And the best place to do that is Chicago.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are always telling me to shut up about Chicago.
- Handsome
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- England
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love England and the historical aspect of it.
- I Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do. There's not too many of them made, so I don't know if I'll ever get to do that. They're awfully hard movies to make.
- Jesus Christ
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun.
- Cast
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- Nov 07, 2020
The cast was huge, but I never saw anybody.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Open
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- Nov 07, 2020
Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was open to changes.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
When they released Sidewalks of New York, there were some shots with the towers they were going to take out, and Ed told them no. I don't think they can deny the towers were a part of New York.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
You can't act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was a policeman for 18 years.
- Lot
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- Nov 07, 2020