Dennis Farina
Dennis Farina
Dennis Farinawas an Italian-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 NYPD Detective Joe Fontana on Law & Order. He also hosted and narrated a revived version of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth29 February 1944
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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.
I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?
I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script.
I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.
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.
I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words.
As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids.
Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.
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.
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.
This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason.
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.
Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was open to changes.
When too many people get their hands on things, they want to make it commercial, and they wanna do this, and they wanna do that.