Used. Paperback. Long before he was making movie magic as an iconic cinematic lieutenant or laying down basslines with his own touring band, Gary Sinise was just an indifferent Chicago student who stumbled into acting on a whim. This brisk, candid memoir traces his accidental ascent from suburban church basement stages to the gritty triumphs of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and eventually into the Hollywood stratosphere. Sinise doesn’t just chronicle a life in the spotlight, however; he examines how a single fictional role unexpectedly steered him toward a deeply personal, lifelong mission of serving America's military families and veterans. It is a remarkably grounded backstage pass to a storied career that pivots gracefully from the footlights to the front lines.