Actor Quote by Shawn Hatosy

I wanted 'Southland' to feel immediate, like a ride-along, and to make it the closest thing possible to a cop reality show. We've got…

— Christopher Chulack

(In) most cop shows, every cop in the squad speaks exactly the same and the same kind of short clipped film noir-ish talk.

— Rainn Wilson

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

— Gregory Smith

I just find it annoying that in these sequences [of the fight scenes], traditionally, there's music trying to pump you up. I don't like…

— Steven Soderbergh

Without a beat officer system, there can be no crime prevention or supportive investigation. This is the very foundation of sound policing. It is…

— Kiran Bedi

Cops on the beat can stop problems before the damage spreads.

— Elizabeth Warren

People listen to the beat first. So if that doesn't draw people in especially with the audience I cater to, they're definitely about that…

— Torae

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

I got nothing against the honest cop on the beat. You just have them transferred someplace where they can't do you any harm. But…

— Al Capone

I want to remind people that there is no soundtrack in 'Southland;' there is no scored music or soundtrack telling you what you're supposed…

— Michael Cudlitz

When you're a TV star, you pretty much set the tone, and on 'Police Woman,' we goofed around all the time.

— Angie Dickinson

The one thing that frustrates me more than anything else is that no studio has ever told me to tone down violence. They only…

— Christopher McQuarrie