Quotes by Dennis Farina

Rooting for the Cubs is not easy, but the best things in life never are.

I think there is something very nice about going to work to try to make people laugh.

I've probably played more non-police roles than people realize.

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.

You can't act for the editing. You have to leave that to him. So you just go in and do the scene the way you think is right or whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.

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.

Am I a good actor? I don't think about it. But I'm working on it.

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.

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.

I'm very lucky. I'm the most fortunate guy that I know.