Appealing Quote by Dallas Roberts

I never saw myself as being a cop on TV. I come from theatre, and I always go back every couple of years.

— Ciaran Hinds

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

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

— Nicola Walker

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

I never saw myself as being a cop on TV.

— Ciaran Hinds

Playing a cop goes a long way. I have a lot of friends who are working as actors, and as soon as I started…

— Omari Hardwick

A lot of cop shows, because they have the restraints of having a new case every episode, the victims often become these kind of…

— Mireille Enos

Being a regular in a television series, for me - if I wanted to be a cop, I woulda went to cop school. If…

— Michael Hogan

I am not a cop. Really. I've just been playing one on television so long that people get a little confused sometimes.

— Richard Belzer

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

You can't beat a cop drama. That's what everybody seems to want to watch.

— Clark Johnson

If I were doing five cop shows, I'd probably start struggling to find an identity for each one and struggling to find inspirations.

— Bear McCreary