Dennis Farina Quotes

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

American, Kids, Far

Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.
Dennis Farina

Whatever, Leave, Rest

I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words.
Dennis Farina

Words, Trying, Remember

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

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

Home, Year, Couple

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.
Dennis Farina

Crazy, Themselves, Looking

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.
Dennis Farina

Time, Business, Long

I love England and the historical aspect of it.
Dennis Farina

Love, England, Historical

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

Character, Try, Talk

I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.
Dennis Farina

Character, Supposed

I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script.
Dennis Farina

Important, Pick, Script

I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agreed to do it as a series.
Dennis Farina

Movies, Small, Said

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.
Dennis Farina

Love, Movies, Real

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

Writing, Jesus, Two

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

Fun, Words, British

The cast was huge, but I never saw anybody.
Dennis Farina

Anybody, Cast, Huge

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

School, Acting, Whole

This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason.
Dennis Farina

Good, Reason, Generation

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

Experience, Pretty, Working

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.
Dennis Farina

Good, Movies, Fun

Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was open to changes.
Dennis Farina

Try, Guy, Changes

What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me.
Dennis Farina

Might, Left, Behind

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.
Dennis Farina

Movies, Story, Movie

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.
Dennis Farina

York, Deny, Shots

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.
Dennis Farina

Life, Change, Person

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: February 29, 1944

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