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

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" '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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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