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Dennis Farina
American
Actor
Born:
Feb 29
,
1944
Died:
Jul 22
,
2013
About
Life
Me
People
Think
You
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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.
Dennis Farina
Pretty
Never
Liked
Because
Always
Done
Being
Wanted
Anything
Them
Much
Things
I'm just a character actor.
Dennis Farina
Character
Character Actor
Just
Actor
Sometimes I do pinch myself about the life I've had.
Dennis Farina
Life
Myself
Sometimes
About
Had
Pinch
I'm set in my own ways. I like to do the things I want to do when I want to do them.
Dennis Farina
Own
Ways
My Own
Like
Want
Them
Things
Set
I try to bring my own style to a role, but I can't change how people think of me.
Dennis Farina
Me
Change
People
Try
Style
Own
Think
My Own
How
Role
Bring
If I'm characterized as a character actor, that's fine with me. Whatever they want to call me is fine.
Dennis Farina
Character
Me
Whatever
Character Actor
Characterized
Fine
Call
Want
Actor
In the kind of roles I do, you can do them and walk away from it and have a really nice time.
Dennis Farina
Time
You
Walk
Nice
Kind
Roles
Them
Really
Away
I've taken up golf... or golf has taken me up.
Dennis Farina
Me
Taken
Up
Golf
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
Thought
Same Thing
Television
Television Shows
Some
Take
Involved
Were
Been
Off
Same
Going
Movie
Anywhere
Movies
Then
Worked
Really
Shows
Thing
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
Best
History
Law
Think
Television
Has-Been
Been
Going
Just
Gold
Gold Standard
Order
Show
Standard
Series
Shows
Most cop movies and TV shows are fantasies.
Dennis Farina
TV
TV Shows
Most
Movies
Fantasies
Shows
Cop
It was a great time, and I liked the guys. I liked getting up every morning and being a cop.
Dennis Farina
Time
Great
Morning
Every
Guys
Liked
Great Time
Up
Getting
Being
Cop
My parents, I don't know about 'strict,' but I would say they were fair and judicious, you know?
Dennis Farina
You
Strict
Parents
Say
Would
About
Fair
Know
Judicious
Were
I think my high-school acting career lasted a day.
Dennis Farina
Day
Think
Lasted
Acting
Acting Career
Career
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.
Dennis Farina
Day
You
Yourself
Too
Hundred
Ways
Kind
Carry
Through
Involved
React
Force
Learn
How
Go
Handle
Going
Situations
Depending
Different
Really
Certain
Act
Acting
Your
Different Ways
Things
Career
Am I a good actor? I don't think about it. But I'm working on it.
Dennis Farina
Good
Think
About
Am
Good Actor
Working
Actor
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.
Dennis Farina
Work
Me
Eyes
People
Progress
Try
Mouth
Ears
Open
Just
Worked
Acting
Keep
Shut
Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case.
Dennis Farina
Mirror
Looking
Looking Back
Everybody
Back
See
Cary Grant
Case
Look
Just
Wants
Them
Grant
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
Reality
World
Too Much
Too
Seeing
Martin
Rather
Concert
Because
Dean
Dean Martin
Go
Maybe
Anymore
Not Interested
Interested
Much
Watch
I like working. I like getting up every morning and going somewhere. Where I do it or what form doesn't matter.
Dennis Farina
Morning
Matter
Somewhere
Every
Like
Up
Getting
Going
Where
Form
Working
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.
Dennis Farina
World
Face
Out
Guys
Most
Lot
Handsome
Hanging
Younger
Keep
I'm a bit of a clotheshorse, and having a tailor-made suit is a big deal.
Dennis Farina
Big
Bit
Having
Deal
Big Deal
Suit
You can't act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right.
Dennis Farina
You
Editing
Think
Way
Scene
Go
Just
Act
Right
Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.
Dennis Farina
You
Director
Rest
Whatever
Directed
Stuff
Leave
Up
Technical
As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids.
Dennis Farina
You
Kids
Carrying
American
Just
As Far As
Banner
Far
Right
I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words.
Dennis Farina
Words
Remember
Know
Trying
Just
Technique
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