Gary Sinise Quotes (28 Quotes)

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.

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.

It would be an incredible blessing if we could transform one of the worst events in our history into a day where all Americans come together to volunteer their time in honor of those lost and injured.

You know, I called certain people who had already done television series - I even called Ron Howard and asked what he thought because that's where he started his career,

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

It's 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.

These soldiers over there and these Marines are very special people, ... They care about these people.

It's a wonderful way to help the little kids over there who really have nothing, ... They've lived in an oppressed society for many, many years. We're actually providing supplies for these little kids to have a better life.

It's a Hollywood creation - part actual research, development, and science, and part movie.

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

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

He's blasting away, rocking out. Something happens backstage just outside the theater, and of course we find a dead body out there, so we've got to start investigating.

I am deeply moved to have been asked to participate in this absolutely necessary memorial, ... I can only hope that my participation will help draw attention to the cause and ensure its successful fruition as the nation's first and only such tribute built specifically to these courageous men and women.

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

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

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

I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there.

I just feel like every time you get a part that's going to stretch you as an actor, you're going to grow by doing it.

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

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

I study to learn, to be an educated person.

Well, you're not incorrect on either front, because absolutely, there are children here in this country that need help as are everywhere in the world.

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

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.

Since I've had kids I haven't read a huge lot of classics. I've been too busy. It now takes me about a year to read a book.

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.

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

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