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I was initially a leading man, but only on television.

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Gary Cole
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 20
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Park Ridge
Illinois
Gary Michael Cole
Initially
Leading
Television
Men

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It's always best not to be thinking a hell of a lot while you're acting, because you want it to be as spontaneous as possible, not too intellectual. Just behaving and listening to other people who you're doing scenes with. I always like the latter when it looks easy, even though it may not be.
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I look at it scene-by-scene. Whether it's a historical character or not, whatever, on the page is one thing and delving into the history or somebody is one thing, but making something work for an audience in front of a camera is another exercise and you bring whatever authenticity you can to it.
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A show that's been successful that been on a while, chances are it's going to stay that way. At least it's going to maintain some kind of standard. But when a show begins, there's no telling. Even after 13 shows or a whole year, you don't know what will become of it.
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I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going.
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Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.
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Clint Eastwood is a very soft-spoken, humble guy, actually, which helped put somebody like me at ease, who had never worked with somebody as huge as that. I'm sure that's not always the case with legendary people.
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I don't think anyone sets out to do something bad, it's just that it's very difficult.
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Television is a big roulette table on so many levels. That's all it is for actors.
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You can go out in a good movie and look bad as well.
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A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.
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You need someone to tell you how to do things like hitting your marks, or driving a car so it looks right or getting out of a car so it doesn't take a million years of screen time.
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I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a huge fan of.
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Let’s focus on where you could end up, not where you were or are.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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To be in a movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen, and a movie that had a large budget... I got a taste of what really good filmmaking could be.
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I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though.
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I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the family is a bit strained and they don't have enough money, but in the background the guy used to be a Gene Simmons type.
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