Quotes by Gary Sinise

About Gary Sinise:

Gary Alan Sinise is an American actor, director, and musician. Among other awards, he has won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award.
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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.

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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. ...

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

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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.

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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 ...

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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 techn...

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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

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

Gary Sinise

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameGary Sinise
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornMarch 17, 1955
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Director; Musician
  • AwardsPresidential Citizens Medal