I can't see why Gary wouldn't agree to the freeze. Isn't the freeze that their salaries must remain the same for the up coming year, not forever so Gary has to keep his god only knows salary at the same price for one year. That hardly seems like a big deal. I'd give my right arm to get Gary salary for a year. I have to say I'd lose a little respect for him and any other actor that would not agree to keep their salary at those crazy amounts they get paid for one year. So he has to go a year without a pay raise I think him and his family will survive.
Don't really see him as the type to pull something like that.
Dont think we need to worry about Gary leaving...
National Ledger article found by Udonna over on the Mac thread.
No End In Sight For 'CSI: NY' As Far As Gary Sinise Is Concerned
By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
May 20, 2009
With his "CSI: New York" having ended its fifth season with a bang -- make that a crash, as in a truck plowing into a restaurant window -- last week, Gary Sinise is already looking forward to the start of Season 6 production in July. "It'll be interesting to see what the writers do now," he says, adding that after five years, there's no end in sight for the series as far as he is concerned.
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Gary Sinise and Melina Kanakaredes The 'CSI: New York' 100th show party (Image: WENN)
"I'm feeling very good about it. I love doing the show and we have a great team of writers. I'm involved in so many types of things -- the USO, base trips during the year -- I especially appreciate the security of having a steady job. As an actor it gives me the opportunity to do other things. Most actors have to look for a job constantly. I'm talking about qualified, very good actors."
Sinise says he's looking forward to some down time now, but will hardly be idle during hiatus. Among other things, he reports that his Lt. Dan Band is "going to do seven or eight shows in Korea and Okinawa in June."
Doesn't look like he's thinking of leaving.
Didn't think he would because of the wage thing. Doesn't strike me as the type.
We may or may not loose a member of the cast..(I think not to be honest) in the first ep of the new season, but things change, actors get bored playing the same character, especially if the writers don't keep things interesting. Any one of them might leave at some point if something came up that they wanted to do more. Long term contract or not. But we will have to wait and see.
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