Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise
Gary Alan Siniseis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth17 March 1955
CityBlue Island, IL
CountryUnited States of America
directing
I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.
I played a character in 'Ransom' who was as evil as they come.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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I have a band that I started with a buddy of mine, a Vietnam veteran pal named Kimo Williams from Chicago.
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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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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 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.
family
I have veterans in my family. But I didn't know anything about DAV, Disabled American Veterans.