Quotes by Gary Sinise - Page 1

I study to learn, to be an educated person.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Educated
Educated Person
Study
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Compromise
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I'm thrilled I can make a living doing something I enjoy.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Thrilled
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I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Actors
Directors
Frustrated
Director
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Dance
Dream
Hopkins
Scene
Anthony Hopkins
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Sometimes you're in great demand. Then suddenly your career hits the breaks.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Careers
Demand
Sometimes
Breaks
Hits
Suddenly
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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.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Done
Feels
Know It All
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Wherever I go for the military, they always call me Lt. Dan. They just can't help it.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Call Me
Helping
Military
Dan
Me Help Always
Wherever
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I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Steppenwolf
Supportive
Theater
Veteran
Veterans
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I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Bills
Pay
Roles
Save
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I was always fascinated with rock 'n' roll, or girls, or something like that when I was a kid.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Girl
Kids
Fascinated
Rocks
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I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Steppenwolf
Directing
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I have veterans in my family. But I didn't know anything about DAV, Disabled American Veterans.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Disabled
Veterans
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Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on schedule. The key is to keep working the engines.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Inspirational
Motivational
Success
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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 / Actor
Baghdad
Iraq
June
November
Workout
Twice
North
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Yeah, I volunteered to support the troops, and get out there and show them that we care about them.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Care
Support
Troops
Yeah
Volunteered
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Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Running
Work
Careers
Rockets
Time Always Keep
Time Work Always
Like
Time Work Keep
Always
Take
Engine
Work Time Always
Off
Trick
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You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Acting
Priorities
Risk
Stardom
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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.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Blessing
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While we can never do enough to show gratitude to our nation's defenders, we can always do a little more.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Enough
Gratitude
Littles
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I have a band that I started with a buddy of mine, a Vietnam veteran pal named Kimo Williams from Chicago.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Buddy
Chicago
Veteran
Vietnam
Named
Pal
Williams
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When I think of work, it's mostly about having control over your destiny, as opposed to being at the mercy of what's out there.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Success
Destiny
Thinking
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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 / Actor
Political World
Registered
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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 / Actor
Surprised
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So for, you know, for a good 20 years now I've been involved with veterans and soldiers and in support of them no matter what they're doing.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Soldier
Support
Years
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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.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Limbs
Missing
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Well, youre not incorrect on either front, because absolutely, there are children here in this country that need help as are everywhere in the world.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Children
Country
Needs
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Its a way for you to support the children by sending pencils, beanie babies or soccer balls. That all started because of one of those convoys I was on.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Baby
Children
Soccer
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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 / Actor
Stronger
Build
Capitalize
Strengths
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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 / Actor
Couple
Secure
Stories
Theatre
Fairly
Somewhat
Directed
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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 / Actor
Long-Running
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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 / Actor
Frustration
Ongoing
Work Money Great
Great Part
Runs
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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.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Actors
Constant
Fine
Games
Levels
Lifts
Always Me Game
Brings
Always Game Me
Me Game Always
Game Me Always
Screen
Upgrade
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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 / Actor
Teacher
Barbara
Drama
Gang
High School
Standing
West Side
West Side Story
Wonderful
Audition
Teacher Me Drama
Side
High
Guess
Saw
Hall
Looked
Member
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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 / Actor
Elements
Character Actor
Onscreen
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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.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Afghanistan
Hostile
Members
Owe
Mission
Volunteers
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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 / Actor
California
Pavement
Young Age
Discover
Pound
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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 / Actor
Afghan
Busy
Desert
Pace
Perspective
Pounds
Time Family Good
Family Time Good
Weekends
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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 / Actor
Communities
Raise
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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.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Decided
Difficulty
Honestly
Theater
Time Age Always
Time Age Done
Bullet
Every Time
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'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 / Actor
Being Depressed
Short Time
Time Work May
Nights
Depressed
Work Time Night
Million People
Opened
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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 / Actor
Auditions
Frustrated
Great Job
Hooked
Business Great Done
Certain Point
Manager
People Say
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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.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Discovering
Clicked
Directing
Good Parts
Sudden
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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 / Actor
California
Department
Initiative
Program
Scholarship
Skills
Social Work
Southern
Work Me Better
Work Better Me
Techniques
Thrilled
Veterans
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The actors I was most impressed with and who were influencing my taste were all movie actors, so I always wanted to do movies but I didnt want to go to Hollywood and become a waiter in the meantime. The chances are really slim that an actor will be discovered in Hollywood. ... Ive never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Jobs
Actors
Hollywood
Want
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Freedom and security are precious gifts that we, as Americans, should never take for granted. We must do all we can to extend our hand in times of need to those who willingly sacrifice each day to provide that freedom and security. While we can never do enough to show gratitude to our nation's defenders, we can always do a little more.
Gary Sinise / Actor
Gratitude
Hands
Sacrifice
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