George Eads

“Whenever I didn't have a job, I studied acting, I sent out tapes, went on auditions.”

“I think we take for granted police officers and detectives that walk into some pretty heinous situations, and they really have to be very brave. So I love playing a character that's very brave - someone that kind of dives in the fire to figure out what's happened.”

“Most of my stuff before CSI was kind of the jerk boyfriend, so I thought this was one of those deals, where these two have a thing going on, so we had a scene where they make out.”

“I think people would be suprised at how much we curse when we screw up. I'm like somebody with Tourette's Syndrome.”

“I love action. I love stage combat.”

“I've seen a dead body, I've seen some pretty gruesome fist fights, I've been a hunter since I was a child, though I don't anymore, I've gutted wild game.”

“Over the years, I've gotten a little bit thick-skinned when it comes to the acting thing.”

“Really, the measure of a man is when they're tired and exhausted.”

“I'm an outdoorsy guy. I've always been.”

“I've been trying to pick up painting but it's hard.”

“I handwrite out all my lines. I like to see my handwriting, and I like to keep my notes over time.”

“Another challenge? Getting up at 6:30 in the morning to go act. It's not fun acting that early in the morning or acting at 4 A.M in the middle of the night or in the morning when you're really tired. That's a challenge. What a luxurious problem to have.”

“I love what I do and I love the fans.”

“I think my father's skepticism fueled me to work harder.”

“No, there are some location shoots in Vegas, maybe four trips a year. It's shot in Santa Clarita, CA.”

“I think what's always been interesting to me than the science and the criminality with this job is what happens to your persona, your disposition, after day in and day out dealing with life and death.”

“With every passing week, I get an opportunity to improve my acting because I get to do it day in, day out. So a lot of times, I compare it to being a professional athlete.”

“I think my character's getting to the point where he can't even eat spaghetti with red sauce anymore, where he has horrible nightmares, he can't sleep anymore.”

“It had been an odd, kind of rough year for me when 'CSI' ended.”

“I grew up in a pretty small town in Texas, population 8,000, and we had a lot of open spaces.”