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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. "

Gary Sinise

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

Gary Sinise

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

" 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'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. "

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

" 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. "

Gary Sinise

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

" 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. "

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

Gary Sinise

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" 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. "

Gary Sinise

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" 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. "

" 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. "