Tricia Helfer Quotes

I think every actor wants to be an FBI or cop at one point.

I never saw myself as being a cop on TV.

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

My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that - a stern enforcer.

I wanted to be a New York City cop before I became an actor.

I've always wanted to play a police officer or a detective, because I think if I wasn't an actress that is what I would want to do.

I've always wanted to play a cop, desperately.

I'm a deputy sheriff.

I've never been a cop nor hope to be a cop, thanks.

It seemed to me... that the only valid people to deal with crime were cops, and I would like to make the lead character, rather than a single person, a squad of cops.

I love cop shows and crime books and thrillers, and before I die I'm gonna play a cop.

I play DEA, CIA, FBI, LAPD; I got 'em all.

The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority.

I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.

I come from a law enforcement family. My grandfather, William J. Comey, was a police officer. Pop Comey is one of my heroes. I have a picture of him on my wall in my office at the FBI, reminding me of the legacy I've inherited and that I must honor.

While I was in jail, they handcuffed me and took me to a backroom, where a detective from the FBI and a Secret Service agent were, and they interrogated me for about three or four hours.

The notion of being on a cop show was appealing, just because it's one of those tick boxes in a career.

I had a dream, when I was little, to become a police officer and a crime investigator.

I definitely would like to do some more dramatic roles.

The different forces, however, which are doing secret service work, or investigation of different kinds are not the parts of the government which it would seem wise to me to consolidate. There have grown up under various forms of government in different parts of the world, secret investigation branches under one head, and they times have practically superseded all the other arms of the government and have spread terror among the population. It seems to me that it is better for us to have these necessary forces divided up under different department heads. There may be a certain amount of rivalry but that will do no harm, and if the heads have the proper spirit of cooperation the men themselves will understand that when they need to assist each other, they should do so in the interests of law and order and justice which they are all serving. As long as they remain separate there will, however, be no danger of a secret octopus growing up to control in harmful ways.

My dad was a cop.

I wanted to be in the FBI. I also wanted to be a pie salesman.

Anyplace we go in the world, when someone asks us what we do, we feel an immense pride in saying, 'FBI.'

I love cops; I'm fascinated by the criminal justice system.

In 'Dhil,' my character wants to become a cop, and those who want to become cops have a small waist. In 'Saamy,' where I play a cop, my waist is thicker. Because after you become a cop, that's how you look.