Chris Noth regrets returning to the Law & Order TV franchise to replace exhausted Vincent D'Onofrio - because the show killed his creativity.
Noth reprised his Mike Logan character in 2005 for three seasons on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and now admits the lengthy return to the cop drama was a mistake.
He tells Cigar Aficionado magazine, "I never really believed I fit in that show. I did it because the deal was so good and I didn't have to do every episode (and) Vince needed a break.
"We did some good shows. We had a good crew and I liked the people. But I don't want to do something that's just comfort food.
"Those procedurals (shows) lull you into a certain state because they all look the same and they're death to the creative process for an actor."
The actor revealed that he has also lost his faith in CNN's news reports when an incorrect item about an injury he'd sustained on a film set ran on the cable channel's ticker six months after it happened.
The actor admits he was stunned when an item reading 'Chris Noth hurt on set' flashed up on the screen as he was sitting in a bar earlier this year (10).
He tried to figure out how the story came about and could only attribute it to a slap from his TV wife Julianna Margulies months before while filming a fight scene in The Good Wife.
He tells Cigar Aficionado magazine, "I couldn't believe they ran it because it wasn't true... She (Margulies) gave me good slaps. I think we did three takes and it left a little bit of a mark.
"And six months later I see it on the CNN ticker... How reliable is the news today if that's the news?"
For the record, Noth, who is the son of a journalist, was not injured while making the Sex & The City sequel.
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