Julia Pierson Quotes

I joined the Secret Service in June 1999 as a special agent and vividly remember an agency brimming with pride.

I never saw myself as being a cop on TV.

Before I pursued acting full-time, I had every intention of going into some form of law enforcement work.

I had a dream to become a mounted policewoman.

I was an economics major in college, and every summer after school, I would drive my car from California, from Claremont men's college at the time, to New York. And I worked on Wall Street.

As a proud former Secret Service agent, it's tough to stand by and watch the agency struggle.

I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup.

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.

At 17, I signed a recording contract right out of high school, so I started touring and traveling the world. I sort of missed out on the college experience.

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

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.

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 took the California Highway Patrol exam and didn't pass, so I tried to be a cop and failed.

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.

My father was a police officer in Los Angeles.

I was a dance major at NYU, but it wasn't working out. I had friends in the drama department, so I switched.

My father was a security guard. I was a security guard.

I was a policeman for 18 years.

I actually met a cop who worked with street gangs. I wanted to understand what drives someone who deals with very hardened criminals on a daily basis. How do you turn that off when you go home at night?

I took a sociology class, and I got an A in it. Then I found out you could get an emphasis in criminal justice. I wanted to be an administrator.

I never in my life saw myself as a game show host. I don't want to be a traffic cop.

Eight to ten years in a patrol car? I didn't have that in me.

Becoming a police officer is a choice. It's not something you're born into.