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Dennis Farina Biography

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. He is known for roles such as 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 NYPD Detective Joe Fontana on Law & Order. From 2008-2010, he hosted and narrated the television program Unsolved Mysteries on Spike TV. His last major television role was in HBO's Luck, which premiered on January 29, 2012.

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

Thinking, Important, First Impression, Impressions, Think, Script

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.

Reality, Long, Entertainment, Business, Nothing

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.

Character, Trying, Directors, Decide, Notes

I'm old enough to never say never. I never had a grand plan with what I was going to do. There are some movies that I would like to be involved with, but I'm trying to be a working actor.

Actor, Enough, Like, Never Say Never, Say, Trying

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.

Foreign, Over You, Same, Thinking, Trailer, Waiting

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

Directors, Leave, Rest, Stuff, Technical

Writer-directors are a little bit more liberal, rather than having just the writer on the set, because I think sometimes the writer becomes too precious with the words. If you're a writer-director, you can see what you're doing and see your work in action, so I think you can correct it right there and still not compromise yourself.

Action, Compromise, Correct, Thinking, Writer

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.

Bogart, Cagney, Kids, Know, Stories, Wayne

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

Entertaining, Might, Policeman, Policemen, Right, Things To Do

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

Jesus, Writing, Two, Crap, Christ, Visit

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.

Addiction, Change, Like, Start, Thinking, Want

You cant act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right.

Thinking, Editing, Way, Right, Scene

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.

Movie, Recurring, Said, Tvs, Wanted

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

Trying, Technique, Remember, Know, Words

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.

Awfully, Like, Love, Made, Real, Used

In a sense, all actors are character actors, because we're all playing different characters. But a lot of the time - and I don't know, because I'm not a writer - but writers a lot of times write second- and third-tier characters better than they write primary characters. I guess they're more fun.

Fun, Writing, Character, Sense, Writer