Television is a big roulette table on so many levels. That's all it is for actors. Gary Cole More Quotes by Gary Cole More Quotes From Gary Cole I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February. Gary Cole chicagocitiesmissing Let’s focus on where you could end up, not where you were or are. Gary Cole focusends I was initially a leading man, but only on television. Gary Cole mentelevision 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. Gary Cole listening-to-otherspeoplethinking Good decisions don't make life easy, but they do make it easier. Gary Cole easierdecisioneasy You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders. Gary Cole cylindersworking-itresults If someone comes up to me, 90 percent of the time it's about Office Space. Gary Cole percentcome-upoffice-space The one nice thing about doing a character for a long time is, you begin to feel more comfortable, and you are thinking less and behaving more. 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. Gary Cole nicecharacterthinking I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though. Gary Cole costumesmakeupsinging I think it had something to do with my love of music, especially rock music. Gary Cole rocksmusic-lovethinking I messed around in high school, but I pretty much put it away until I did a television show in San Francisco. Gary Cole san-franciscotelevisionschool Improv is not something I had a lot of experience with, because for a long time, my only experience in front of a camera was all television, which is pretty rigid script-wise, except for the occasional scene where you toss in an ad-lib just to elongate something. Like, say, you're walking down a hall and you just don't have enough dialogue, and you throw in something. But you don't really have time to do other than what's written. It's very rigid. Shows have a certain rhythm that nobody wants disturbed. Gary Cole sceneenoughlong I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway. Gary Cole intrigueconcertsenvironment I still like to listen to the people that I came of age on. Gary Cole stillsagepeople There is no handbook about how a career is going to go. Gary Cole careers There is many different paths of a career. I bounce around and do a lot of different things. It suited me that hopefully I am prepared to do different kinds of styles, genres, or whatever you want to call it. Gary Cole styledifferentpath I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going. Gary Cole apocalypserealfear I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem. Gary Cole too-muchproblem 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. Gary Cole teenageguykids I think there is certainly luck and fate involved in any career of any kind. In show business, maybe it's even more true. Gary Cole fateluckthinking
