Detective Quotes - page 4

I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting! Even Kubrick, in 1955 during filming of The Killing, never used the term film noir to my knowledge. (Marie Windsor)
The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals. View quote
Natsuo Kirino
If you look at the best-seller list for American fiction, they're all sequels to detective stories or stories about hunting serial killers. That's what's called American fiction these days. View quote
Albert Brooks
I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here. View quote
Alain Resnais
The reality of any location in Britain being used in a TV program of a film is that something bad is going to happen! That's the nature of drama. Most of the things that get made or basically grisly detective shows about murders, accidents or medical dramas. View quote
Ben Wheatley
What I love - and I'm a journalist - and what I love is finding hidden patterns; I love being a data detective. View quote
David Mccandless
One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best friend/cop/detective type. You will never see me in that movie. View quote
David Oyelowo
Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot The Messenger,' 'Five Days,' 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,' 'Born Equal' and now 'Small Island' - was another highlight for me. And filming in Jamaica was great, too. View quote
David Oyelowo
A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week. View quote
Ed McBain
As music migrates into our iPods, CD collections require less and less room, residing in our heads rather than resounding off the walls. The protracted labor of amassing a personal music library has lost its detective zeal. View quote
James Wolcott
I chose 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective,' or I'll say it chose me, and it was an absolute blessing, for the experience of being in Africa for seven months and learning so many different things, from languages to foods to greetings. On so many levels, it was an incredible experience. (Jill Scott)
I think Morse's thing about being a poor policeman but a good detective is a very good description of him. View quote
John Thaw
I never have liked detective dramas. I try to watch all of them to see what's going on, but I don't like them. View quote
Kevin Whately
I think the first thing is don't give up. If you love the craft. If you love being a detective and discovering who a character is and the detail of how they walk and what kind of shoes they wear and what did they do yesterday and what's important to them. I definitely advise actors to learn about the craft. View quote
Lin Shaye
A working detective has no hope of understanding what even experts who devote their lives to the study of criminal psychology can't figure out. View quote
Mark Fuhrman
The Big Sleep' would have been a more effective study of nightmarish existence had the detective been more complicated and had more curiosity been shown about his sweetheart's relation to the crime. View quote
Manny Farber
I played a homosexual bodyguard in 'The Last Detective,' and that was quite a pleasure to do something slightly different. I was a very camp bodyguard! View quote
Dave Legeno
I wanted to be a police detective. In my work, particularly in documentaries, I am obsessed with finding things out, seeking ever-new facts and perspectives - each project can involve years of research. View quote
James Marsh
I've written a detective series myself, set in an imaginary, and slightly futuristic, Chinese city. The novels have an extremely tenuous relationship with the real world, since the hero is the city's Hell and ends up with a sidekick who is a demon. View quote
Liz Williams
I used to audition for 'NYPD Blue' quite a bit, so I had this stock New York detective character that I would bring in for all their auditions. View quote
Mark Valley
For the finale, I thought the audience deserved to get a close point of view on the monster, and to recognize him the way you recognize the heroes of 'True Detective.' (Nic Pizzolatto)
In the summer of 2010, I was working on a version of 'True Detective' that I was thinking might be my next novel, and it was told in these two first-person voices; Cohle and Hart's voices. View quote
Nic Pizzolatto
I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I haven't done comedy or as much Shakespeare as I had intended. View quote
Olivia Williams
I am such a 'True Detective' fan. I was anticipating it each Sunday as it came. I'm kind of a sci-fi fan. I was really hooked on the 'Battlestar Galactica' series. I think I owned every box set of 'Battlestar Galactica.' I also really love 'Bob's Burgers.' View quote
Pedro Pascal
I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked. View quote
Robert Winston