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Vincent D'Onofrio on Robert Goren - Radio Times, 3 February 2004

Vincent D'Onofrio in Law & Order: Criminal Intent © NBC
Vincent D'Onofrio describes his character, Detective Robert Goren, as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, in the Law and Order spin-off Criminal Intent. "Alex Eames [Kathryn Erbe] is closest to me. We're an equal team in which I'm the Holmes character, and she's more like Watson," says D'Onofrio. "My relationship with the others is not as tight. My character does things they don't like. It was interesting to learn how far the real major case squad go - how much they lie, humiliate and manipulate - to solve these crimes."

The show's format, with viewers seeing a murder and then following the detectives tracking down the perpetrator, appeals to D'Onofrio. "It isn't about law or order, it's about the psychology of a killer," he says. "I wanted to focus on the kind of cop I was playing, rather than on the cop work. I believe our show is a psychological game Goren plays with his suspects."

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