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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. "
Gary Sinise
Been
Now
Well
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" I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there. "
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Been
Started
Supportive
" I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director. "
Gary Sinise
Needed
Director
Actor
" 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. "
Gary Sinise
Good
Time
Perspective
" 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. "
Gary Sinise
She
School
Me
" I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever. "
Gary Sinise
Compromise
Job
Myself
" I was always fascinated with rock 'n' roll, or girls, or something like that when I was a kid. "
Gary Sinise
Rock
Like
Something
" 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
Try
Go
Build
" I played a character in 'Ransom' who was as evil as they come. "
Gary Sinise
Evil
Come
Character
" But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all. "
Gary Sinise
Feel
Like
Learn
" Being able to act for a living is a blessing. I have a great theater company that's almost 40 years old. "
Gary Sinise
Great
Company
Blessing
" 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
Better
Me
Help
" I study to learn, to be an educated person. "
Gary Sinise
Learn
Study
Person
" 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. "
Gary Sinise
Help
Job
Great
" I'm thrilled I can make a living doing something I enjoy. "
Gary Sinise
Something
Doing
Enjoy
" 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. "
Gary Sinise
Play
Over
Lucky
" 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. "
Gary Sinise
Together
Help
Music
" 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. "
Gary Sinise
Passion
School
Acting
" '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. "
Gary Sinise
Night
Work
Time
" It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins. "
Gary Sinise
Dream
Always
Been
" Yeah, I volunteered to support the troops, and get out there and show them that we care about them. "
Gary Sinise
About
Get
Out
" Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running. "
Gary Sinise
Off
Work
Time
" Sometimes you're in great demand. Then suddenly your career hits the breaks. "
Gary Sinise
Great
Sometimes
You
" 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. "
Gary Sinise
Political
Play
Party
" 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. "
Gary Sinise
Age
College
You
" I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director. "
Gary Sinise
Like
Frustrated
Director
" I have a band that I started with a buddy of mine, a Vietnam veteran pal named Kimo Williams from Chicago. "
Gary Sinise
Chicago
Mine
Vietnam
" I have veterans in my family. But I didn't know anything about DAV, Disabled American Veterans. "
Gary Sinise
Veterans
Know
Family
" 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. "
Gary Sinise
Long
Great
Work
" 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. "
Gary Sinise
Loving
Day
Funny
" 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. "
Gary Sinise
Story
Enough
Done