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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Kyle Martin Chandler is an American actor. Making his screen acting debut in a 1988 television film, Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story, Chandler's first regular television role was in the ABC drama Homefront (1991–93). This was followed by the lead role of Gary Hobson in the CBS series Early Edition (1996–2000), for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television. His other television roles include the sitcom What About Joan? (2001) and the legal drama The Lyon's Den (2003), both short-lived, and a well-received guest appearance on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, for which Chandler received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.
Look, isn't there any way you can just stamp me as not crazy and let me get outta here.
We run into some pretty tough arguments sometimes, but the idea is that at the end of the day, my wife and I realize that we'll always be holding each other's hand. This is a lifelong relationship, and after 12 years she hasn't gotten rid of me yet.
What, am I supposed to run around in a little red cape and save the world?
I always treat all the jobs I do as an acting class.
I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan.
Television, cable, features are always out there.
I love playing a role where I think I'm right and then you learn you're not. And it's what you do with that information.
I don't want to say I'm never going to direct again, but directing's hard work.
I was never upset that I did not get an Emmy. That I did get an Emmy nomination, I couldn't be happier and prouder.
My daughter loves horses. My other daughter loves soccer.
I've stopped racing to get to the red light.
The only reason anyone ever called me a hero is because I get this paper, here.
I also played two years of high school football but I wasn't very, how shall I say it, talented.
I work six months and get three or four with the family.
I do like to cook; I'm sort of a mad scientist in the kitchen.
I did play two years of high school football and was very short and uncoordinated but the second year I was very tall and skinny and very uncoordinated.
It's much more enjoyable being an actor.
My grandparents got married at a very young age, and a lot of what I think about marriage is based on their relationship.
I love playing a role where I think I'm right and then you learn you're not.
I just can't say enough about the actors having faith and trust in the writers and the writers having faith and trust in the actors.
Oh, man, if in real life I was as cool and suave as Coach Taylor and had all the answers, things would be easier.
When you walk out of your house in the morning, you don't know what you're going to see.
I love the institution of marriage, and I love my marriage.
We ended up moving out to Texas. We live outside of Austin. We've got a couple horses, we've got three miniature donkeys, we've got four dogs. Miniature donkeys are very warm, loving animals.
One way I differ from my character, Coach Taylor, is that I never would have taken this faraway job without my wife's consent.
Sometimes a scene may be about one thing, and it may end up still being about that, but the emotionality of it comes from somewhere else, or the humor of it comes from somewhere else, and it gives it that real-life quality.
Everything moves a little quicker in Los Angeles.
Marriage is hard work, period.
I work six months and get three or four with the family. I've stopped racing to get to the red light.
Austin is such a free and creative place, but I can't enjoy it as much because everyone I love is back in L.A.
I'm in a great position now where I've got recognition. I'm not recognized too much. I think I'm recognized enough by the industry.
I really love to ride my motorcycle. When I want to just get away and be by myself and clear my head, that's what I do.
I can gab with pretty much anyone.
I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan. Dad used to take me to Bears games and Cubs games. My brother used to ride me over to Lake Forest College on his Honda Supersport and we'd watch the Bears practice. I remember those guys out there as monsters - they were the biggest things I've ever seen!
I'm in a great position now where I've got recognition. I'm not recognized too much.
My grandparents got married at a very young age, and a lot of what I think about marriage is based on their relationship. I watched them over the years and saw how they dealt with everything together, as a team.
When I'm around authority, I still feel like I'm 14 or 15 years old.
Every actor wants to be everybody - play all the roles.
I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.
I own my own time.
We run into some pretty tough arguments sometimes, but the idea is that at the end of the day, my wife and I realize that we'll always be holding each other's hand.
If you're not really having a good time, it's not worth it.
High school was interesting, because I went from a public school middle school to an academy where the first year we were doing Latin, chemistry, biology. I mean, I was woefully unprepared for the type of study.
I want to find material that piques my interest, keeps me outside the box and challenges me.
I just went and saw 'Crazy, Stupid, Love.' Julianne Moore - I've been in love with her since 'Boogie Nights.' But also, 'The Big Lebowski.'
My wife, she likes to have things uncluttered, and if something is missing, then one has to be very careful not to ask her if it was thrown out - you have to ask her simply where it might be.
Thank goodness I've saved my money.
What I do is not rocket science, but I sure do love it.
Everyone's a little nervous when you all get together and meet the actors, meet the director. But once you get on set, then it's like a sport. You're playing a game, everyone's equal and that's where it's fun.
Sometimes that's the hardest thing is to not do anything, but just to trust what's on the page.
We run into some pretty tough arguments sometimes, but the idea is that at the end of the day, my wife and I realize that we'll always be holding each other's hand. This is a lifelong relationship, and after 12 years she hasn't gotten rid of me yet