Buddy Cop Quotes

I'm someone who had a deep emotional attachment to 'Starsky and Hutch.'

I was not a gigantic fan of 'The A-Team' as a kid. I was a huge 'Miami Vice' fan. So for me, not necessarily to say that I put a 'Miami Vice'ish spin on 'The A-Team,' but for me, what I was most intrigued by was this notion of these four guys, these four kind of special operators.

You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.'

I just watched 'Lethal Weapon' for the first time, and it's awesome... and so violent! Mel is out of his mind in that movie. Although now we know he's just insane - he was very much in his mind.

The cliches are that it's the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.

I think taking the biggest star in India and the biggest star in America, and putting them together in a movie that starts in America and ends up in India, or starts in India and goes to America. I think it would be a buddy cop formula.

To me, in a perfect world, you have the flavor and the magic of movies like 48 Hours, Lethal Weapon and Bad Boys.

I would love to do something like 'Beverly Hills Cop'. I'd get to be funny and cool and heroic all in the same breath.

I always wanted to have 'Bad Boys' on TV. 'Common Law' is reminiscent of my youth.

I like that whole cop-comedy type of drama.

I'm trying my hand at directing. I'm doing an independent movie that we haven't started casting yet, but it's like an edgy version of 'Lethal Weapon' and '48 Hours,' only with two women in it.

I love the 'Lethal Weapon' movies.

You need a wisecracking buddy standing next to you? That's the role for me. You got the guys who are knock-down, drag-out handsome. That's what people want to see. Let that guy be the hero. But there's always a role for the Everyman.

I've always loved the idea of the rookie cop vs. the grizzled veteran. A lot of comedy can be mined from that.