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26 quotes by Dennis Farina

Dennis Farina (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013) was an American actor of film and television and former Chicago police officer. He was a character actor, often typecast as a mobster or police officer. His most known film roles are those of mobster Jimmy Serrano in the comedy Midnight Run and Ray "Bones" Barboni in Get Shorty. He starred on television as Lieutenant Mike Torello on Crime Story and as Detective Joe Fontana on Law & Order. He...
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I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script.

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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... →

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As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids.

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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... →

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I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?

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The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun.

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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... →

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I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home.

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I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.

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There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school.

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I love England and the historical aspect of it.

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I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled.

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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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