Gary Cole Quotes & Trivia



Quotes

A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.

Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage.

I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.

I don't think anyone sets out to do something bad, it's just that it's very difficult.

I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going.

I identified with it because in different times in your life, you can't believe where you were compared to where you are now.

I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.

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.

I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.

I messed around in high school, but I pretty much put it away until I did a television show in San Francisco.

I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February.

I remember waiting to do a read through at the director's house and Karl Malden and Eva Marie Saint came over. I couldn't fathom that.

I still like to listen to the people that I came of age on.

I think I was just your average 20-year-old meatbrain that just waltzed his way through stuff.

I think it had something to do with my love of music, especially rock music.

I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a huge fan of.

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

I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though.

If someone comes up to me, 90 percent of the time it's about Office Space.

Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.

So I had no concept that there was this whole culture of memos, supervisors, meetings, casual Fridays and lame birthday parties.

Then, at some point, you get identified with certain things.

There is no handbook about how a career is going to go.

When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.

Yes, I've already done a couple of guest voices.

You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.

You can go out in a good movie and look bad as well.

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.

Trivia

Gary Cole and Jimmy Smits were edged out by Don Johnson and Philip Michael for the roles of Crockett & Tubbs in "Miami Vice" (1984).

Received the honor as being a Distinguished Alumnus at Rolling Meadows High School.

In 1985, he became a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble.

Attended Illinois State University

He began acting as Snoopy in a high school production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.