Closest Quote by Christopher Chulack

I didn't watch a lot of cop shows growing up, but I am a huge fan of 'Southland' now.

— Gregory Smith

John Wells and Christopher Chulack were pretty honest from the get-go in our first meeting about 'Southland.' They were looking to create characters that…

— Shawn Hatosy

Gimmicks come and go; the cop show seems one genre that will never leave - not as long as people like to sit at…

— Tom Shales

The one thing that I will never forget, going forward, from my experience on Southland is that, as an artist and as a professional,…

— Shawn Hatosy

On 'Southland,' when a helicopter joins our scene, we don't skip a beat. The actors talk louder because that's what cops do in real…

— Shawn Hatosy

'Southland' is very real; it's not about who found the hair in the bed. There are procedural aspects to it, but it's not about…

— Christopher Chulack

I always seem to love the shows with cops. I really want to play a cop - I want a badge and a gun.…

— Kyle Richards

Cop shows are by definition melodramatic; they're larger than life. They create very stark contrasts and conflicts emotionally. They're provocative, assuming they grapple with…

— Steven Bochco

Maybe I'm a little biased, but shows like 'Dexter' and 'Southland,' I'm just enthralled by that sort of storytelling, kind of clever and patient.

— Shawn Hatosy

When I watch cop shows, I really enjoy them because you can really follow the story and get involved, and the characters are always…

— Vicky McClure

I feel like 'CSI: Miami' was just a license to do all sorts of horrible things that I'd always wanted to do.

— Emily Procter

We're all used to seeing a lot of cop shows, some of them brilliant, some of them very generic.

— Nicola Walker