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All Quotes by author - Gary Sinise

" Before discovering theater, I was sloughing off and didn't have any passion for school. Then I couldn't get enough. All of a sudden, I was getting good parts in all of these plays. I just loved it. I started getting A's in acting, directing and technical theater. I found something that clicked. "

" Being able to act for a living is a blessing. I have a great theater company that's almost 40 years old. "

" But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all. "

" Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running. "

" Have I done more business-related things to help my career grow? Yeah. I took the business end more seriously, hooked up with a manager, got some help, because at a certain point, you get frustrated when you go do auditions, and people say you did a great job, and then you don't get he part. "

" I can honestly say that I've done everything I've wanted to do, always. Not without difficulty. But every time I wanted to do something, I just did it, from the age of 18 when I started my own theater with my friends. When I decided I wanted to act. I just bit the bullet. "

" I do spend a lot of weekends on the road. I have to pace myself. It can be pretty busy, but I'm not out in the Afghan desert with 70 pounds on my back, away from my family for a year at a time. I keep a good perspective on it. "

" If you're missing three or four limbs, you have special challenges going forward. And the last thing you want is to not be independent in your home. "

" I go into military communities and do fundraisers and that kind of thing with the band, because I know that the music can help do a lot of things. It can bring communities together, it can raise awareness... and it entertains. "

" I have a band that I started with a buddy of mine, a Vietnam veteran pal named Kimo Williams from Chicago. "

" I have veterans in my family. But I didn't know anything about DAV, Disabled American Veterans. "

" I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director. "

" I'm not registered to any party. I don't really play in the political world. I'm really more interested in getting things done. "

" I'm thrilled I can make a living doing something I enjoy. "

" I played a character in 'Ransom' who was as evil as they come. "

" I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills. "

" I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director. "

" I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there. "

" I study to learn, to be an educated person. "

" I think you're lucky if you discover what you really love at a young age. College wasn't something I was going to do. I wanted to keep acting, and I didn't want to go to New York or California and pound the pavement. "

" It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins. "

" I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat. "

" I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever. "

" I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade. "

" I was always fascinated with rock 'n' roll, or girls, or something like that when I was a kid. "

" My mission is to support our service members. They're volunteers, and if they're going to go to a hostile place like Afghanistan, I think we owe it to them to back them up and try to help them get through it. "

" My wife's a loving, funny, Irish-spirited person, and I'm still surprised at some of the things she says. She makes me laugh every day. "

" Sometimes you're in great demand. Then suddenly your career hits the breaks. "

" The chance to play a romantic character who kisses somebody onscreen was one of the elements that made me want to do 'The Stand.' The more you can do, the better, and I've been known as a character actor. "

" There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along. "

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