People get the wrong idea. They think because somebody's visible and works to a degree in some kind of consistent way, they just have a pile of choices. And that's not necessarily true. You can always choose not to audition and see what happens. Sometimes that's a benefit. But most things that I do, I meet on, especially films.

Gary Cole

I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February.

Gary Cole

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

Gary Cole

Christopher Walken could literally read a phone book and fill a theater, and it would be interesting to watch. I've often wanted to produce a show and ask him if he'd do that. All week long, he could read the As on Tuesday, the Bs on Wednesday; we'd see how long it would last.

Gary Cole

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

Gary Cole

'Office Space' I loved doing.

Gary Cole

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

Gary Cole

There's only a handful of people who are just purely, inherently funny, and I'm not one of them. I need content and a situation. I don't just walk on the screen, and people go, 'Ha ha ha!' There are people like that, and they can do almost anything. It's the Christopher Walken Rule.

Gary Cole

For a stage actor to be there with the words and the creator of the words - it doesn't get much better than that.

Gary Cole

Other than advances in technology and equipment, making a movie is the same as it was when I started, at least. I don't go back to the silent era.

Gary Cole

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

Gary Cole

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

Gary Cole

One of the most fun characters I played on a television series, which didn't last long... was a show called 'American Gothic' that Shaun Cassidy created. I would have loved to have done that show forever. That character was so funny yet demonic. It was really good writing and a really good idea. I loved all the people on the show.

Gary Cole

In Washington, there are jobs that have official titles: chief of staff, campaign manager, director of communications. Then there are all these vague and murky headings over people who are just special consultants or advisers. We really don't know what their gig is.

Gary Cole

When you're in a movie with Will Ferrell, well, it's time to at least sometimes throw the script away. And that character in 'Talladega Nights' I found a lot easier to kind of riff with because I related to it more, those kind of Southern, almost rednecky guys. That's a culture that I'm familiar with, that makes sense for me to spew.

Gary Cole

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.

Gary Cole

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

Gary Cole

It's always appealed to me do to something that is whatever 'steady' means in this business. That's what I've kind of searched for, because, having a family, it's the best situation.

Gary Cole

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

Gary Cole

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

Gary Cole

Every actor thinks he's underused - unless he's a movie star.

Gary Cole