Gary Sinise reflects on leaving Hollywood after his son's death

Gary Sinise recently got candid about leaving Hollywood and losing hie son due to cancer.

In a talk with PEOPLE magazine, the 70-year-old American actor and director admitted that he loves to be the ‘Papa” to his five grandchildren who are between 1 and 8 years old.

Gary said, “It’s just the most wonderful thing. Being able to love on them and love on our daughters, that’s helped me a lot.”

His 36-year-old daughter, Sophie, intervened by saying, “He spoils them rotten.”

He admitted that the love of his grandchildren helped him after he left his Hollywood career in 2019 to take care of his son Mac, who was suffering from bone cancer.

Notably, Mac passed away in January 2024 at the age of 33 and since his passing, Gary has found comfort in his close family and his Tennessee residence.

“Mac left us things that are beautiful. I want people to know who he was,” the Apollo 13 star said.

For the unversed, Mac spent six months of the first eight months of the year in the hospital in 2020.

It was the time when Gary quit acting, as he stated, “That’s when I stopped acting. I started putting everything I had into trying to find a miracle for Mac.”

“I didn’t want Mac to be thinking of the next treatment or to worry. So I thought about cancer all the time. You’re trying to take the pain away. A few times I felt like I couldn’t do enough, or I didn’t know what to do. Then you say a little prayer, get back up and go back into the fight,” he stated.