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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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'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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Unless you have a long-running series, most actors just go job to job if you're lucky to keep working. You just do a movie or a play or a TV thing, and it's over at some point. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" You learn from things that don't go well, and you try to capitalize when they do. You build on those strengths and try to make your weaknesses stronger. "

" 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. "

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