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I can honestly say that I've ...

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 48 quotes

Sometimes you're in great dem...

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

Gary Sinise 48 quotes

The University of Southern Ca...

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.

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I started as an actor. I star...

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

Gary Sinise 48 quotes

The wonderful drama teacher a...

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.

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I've never had to compromise ...

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

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I do spend a lot of weekends ...

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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It's always been my dream to ...

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

Gary Sinise 48 quotes

You learn from things that do...

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 48 quotes

I think you're lucky if you d...

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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My mission is to support our ...

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.

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Have I done more business-rel...

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.

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Being able to act for a livin...

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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'The Stand' came out in May o...

'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 48 quotes

It's always been my dream to d...

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

Gary Sinise 48 quotes

But I've got more to learn, to...

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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I save money when I'm working ...

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

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I've worked with a lot of real...

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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I study to learn, to be an edu...

I study to learn, to be an educated person.

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I was always fascinated with r...

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

Gary Sinise 48 quotes

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