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

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" The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans. "

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

" The wonderful drama teacher at my high school, Barbara Patterson, saw me standing in the hall and told me I should audition for 'West Side Story.' I guess she thought I looked like a gang member. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom. "

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

" Yeah, I volunteered to support the troops, and get out there and show them that we care about them. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 'The Stand' came out in May of '94 and was seen by 60 million people a night for four nights, and then two months later, 'Forrest Gump' opened. So within a very short time, I went from being depressed about not getting any work to being in two of the most popular shows of the year. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Well, I've been to Iraq twice now. I was in Baghdad in June and then north of Baghdad in November. "

" 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 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. "

" Wherever I go for the military, they always call me Lt. Dan. They just can't help it. "

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

" 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. "

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