Gary Cole
Gary Cole
Gary Michael Coleis an American actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. On television, he had starring roles in the series Midnight Caller, American Gothic and Crusade. In film, Cole has had lead and supporting roles in The Brady Bunch Movie, One Hour Photo, Office Space, Dodgeball and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Cole is also known for voicing the title character of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth20 September 1956
CityPark Ridge, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though.
Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage.
Television is a big roulette table on so many levels. That's all it is for actors.
I think it had something to do with my love of music, especially rock music.
I messed around in high school, but I pretty much put it away until I did a television show in San Francisco.
I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.
I still like to listen to the people that I came of age on.
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 just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.
I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going.
A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.
If you're onstage and you're improvising and nothing's happening, people are racing for the door. But the director can go shopping later and pick up pieces and moments and insert them.