Gary Sinise Quotes

Being an actor, you have to be working even when you're not working. You never really get to relax because anytime you're relaxing in between jobs, you're just worried that you're not going to get another job.

When you're an actor, there are so many opportunities that are not in your control.

As an actor, you have times that are bustling, and then you have the quieter, slower times. I definitely had some of those.

You spend most of your time as an actor unemployed, so you're not going to hear me complaining that I haven't had a day off in three weeks.

A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it.

It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

Everybody that's an actor leaves it for a while 'cause they ain't got a job.

As a struggling actor, you're not looking for parts that define you; you're just looking for work.

My daughter's dabbling in showbiz, and she's done a few commercials. She's auditioned for some movies and shows, so I'm letting her pursue that. I'm OK with it.

I love to read scripts. But I am very happy right now to say that I am a working actor. In this town of Los Angeles, the phrase 'I'm an actor' is overrated. So, I like to say, 'I'm a working actor.'

But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.

I've been just like any other working actor, out there looking for stuff.

For an actor, to go to work every day is a really rare occurrence. You may work on a film for three months max, and then you're off, so you have to find another job and then work another three months.

I've always said that actor years is like dog years: it feels like forever when you're not working.

The thing about acting is everybody thinks you make a ton of money. And the money is good when you're working. But you can go a long time between jobs.

I think there's so much that is out of our control as actors, and it's just really hard to market yourself in such a huge industry.

I went to LaGuardia, so I'm very close to the reality that lot of actors work rarely.

It was hard to make a living as an actor in New York if you did not do soap operas or commercials.

Before 'Coronation Street,' I was a jobbing actor, and after it, I'm a jobbing actor again.

It's nice to have a little bit of action in your world. Sometimes us actors go a couple months without working, it gets a little crazy. It's good to be busy.

I'm down to act a little bit - go on a couple auditions or make one of those three-second cameos with one line.

Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.

All I wanted to do was be a working actor.

I've only ever really been in shows of friends, so I don't know exactly what happened. I think I'm incredibly cheap to hire. That can buy some traction. I'm as cheap as it's possible for an actor to be legally.

I never understood actors who could just wait around.