Steven Seagal Quotes

If you want to be a cop, it's not for everybody, no question about it, but there's no place like New York City.

I never thought about being a cop. I'm kind of sensitive. I don't know if I could handle that job. It's hard to go home every day and be able to still live your own life because some of the stuff you see really affects you.

I'd make a lousy cop. I'd just wear it too close to my skin and wouldn't survive. I'll stick to acting.

I was a policeman for 18 years.

Being a cop must be hard. My dad was one and never wanted any of his children to follow in his footsteps.

Unlike other professions - doctor, lawyer, teacher, journalist, sales clerk, stock broker - when a cop makes a bad mistake, it could mean someone is dead. They take home mental baggage unlike anything carried in almost every other job.

Even in the best of times, there is no tougher calling than serving as a police officer.

Being a police officer in America is a tough job.

They say that the average lifespan of an SVU detective is 4 years. People can't do it longer than that because it's so difficult.

What I know from my friends who are cops is they keep their houses very clean, because they say you never know if you're coming back or not.

Coaches don't sleep for a reason. They don't sleep because it's a danger zone every night. Very seldom do you ever get two or three days off... The lifestyle of coaching in the NBA is a tremendous challenge that gives you tremendous highs but also tremendous lows.

You couldn't pay me enough to be a law enforcement officer. Their job is a tough job. You have to solve people's problems, you have to baby-sit people, you have to always be doing this cat-and-mouse game with the bad guys. My respect for them is immense.

I have some cops in my family. I understand the predicament that they're in. Sometimes they go into it just to pay the bills or because they don't have other choices, or sometimes they just want to get the gun.

How would you like a job where when you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?

If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.

I don't know if I would be a good cop. As gruff as I come off, I take things very emotionally.

I enjoyed being a police officer; I enjoyed the investigations.

I've played a lot of cops. In fact, my father was a cop.

I'm super-obsessed with law enforcement. I'm what you'd call a 'cop fan.'

I don't necessarily have friends who are forensic scientists, but I have tons of friends who are cops.

When constabulary duty's to be done A policeman's lot is not a happy one.

I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.

I was a cop in the Las Vegas Police Department in 1957. I was very young when I joined. But then I became a federal narcotics agent after that, in Vegas, and that propelled me into my future to fight the drug traffickers.

It was a great time, and I liked the guys. I liked getting up every morning and being a cop.