Gary Sinise Quotes
You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.
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I remember how much fun it was to pick out my lunchbox. My all-time favorite lunch box was from the movie 'Annie.' Also, I loved picking out school supplies! Trapper Keepers were my favorite.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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It was really really neat to make the movie because there were mentally challenged actors in the movie. So that was really really cool to work with them and they were always really happy, and they made everybody really happy on the set too.
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Acting is about going into the space, and there are just some places that I'm not willing to go.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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Attraction is what happens between you. It's not universal. And it's not conventional. And thank God for that.
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I've never done a superhero movie. It's very nice to you as an actor in several worlds to go and to experiment.
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There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
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Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.
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You might say that I'm the Michelangelo of the dress business.
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I don't do method acting. If I play a farmer, I'm not gonna spend 3 weeks on a chicken farm. That's a bit too much for me.
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When I walked out on the mound, I felt enclosed. You see, I'd been used to playing on pastures, where when somebody hit a ball you had to stop it from rolling. Well, this field had fences around it.
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I don't think that much anymore in terms of 'write a record, record a record, tour a record,' because in my own mind, things have changed, in that I'm just an ongoing artist. I'm not quite sure what the next project needs to be until it presents himself, and then I know. I just follow dutifully while I'm being led.
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I love language, and I love the failure of language.
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I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.
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When men do all the outside work, they contribute on average about 10 percent of housework. But as their share of outside work falls, their share of housework rises to no more than 37 percent.
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We showed the world you could enjoy being a footballer; you could laugh and have a fantastic time. I represent the era which proved that attractive football was enjoyable and successful, and good fun to play too.
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You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom.
