“Before discovering theater, I was sloughing off and didn't have any pa...” — Gary Sinise Quote

“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.”

“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.”

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

“After I got my first job in a restaurant, it just clicked. I was like, this is it, this is what I want to do.”

“I'm not sure if there was a moment where things clicked or it was just I knew that I was making gradual improvements in my game.”

“My career, definitely, the early years were a little scattershot, in terms of - it was a little regional theater, it was a lot of voiceovers, it was a lot of random day jobs. I mean, it was hard. It was hard to scrap around, and once 'Hairspray' happened, then it all kind of clicked into place.”