Hill Street Blues Quotes

• Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.

  Steven Bochco

  Opportunity, People, Ensemble

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• Hill Street Blues might have been the first television show that had a memory. One episode after another was part of a cumulative experience shared by the audience.

  Steven Bochco

  Memories, Firsts, Television

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• I had a problem with cops pulling me over all the time for speeding. When I was doing Hill Street Blues, the cops said how much they loved the show as they were writing me up; meanwhile my insurance went through the roof.

  Jennifer Tilly

  Writing, Problem, Hills

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• My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing.

  Lennie James

  Football, Thinking, Boxing

  "Lennie James on Acting in England and the U.S". Interview with June Thomas, www.slate.com. August 27, 2012.

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• Actor Mike Warren [was my former teammate], who was in Hill Street Blues. There are more, but it's starting to sound like a team reunion at Red Lobster. They were a great bunch of guys and we accomplished a lot together. That's something you don't forget.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Team, Guy, Together

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