In early 2008 Garry had an accident while walking his dogs, he slipped on ice tearing his quadriceps muscle 87 percent needing surgery to reattach it. He had to wear a leg brace for 3 months and spent 5 months in rehab to recover.
Garry Chalk: (advice to aspiring voice actors) If you want to become a voice actor, remember this. Acting is 90% of it, voice is 10%. If you are a really good actor, and a really good reader, and can get the lines off the page, the acting will cover you. It will carry you a lot farther than your voice will. Everybody can do a funny voice, but can everyone do a funny voice doing Shakespeare, or Chekov? If you can do Chekov as Foghorn Leghorn or some other cartoon character and make it believable and make people care about you then you're doing your job. So it's not totally necessary (into deep booming voice) The Voice Of God or (into high voice) a tricky funny voice. What's really important is to have really good acting chops and really good reading skills.
Garry Chalk: I like film acting because I like the technical aspect of it. I just love performing period. I love being on stage, but there's no money in it, but I still love being on stage. I just love to perform. I don't really have any real favorite as long as I get to practice my craft. (into haughty voice) "Practice my craaaaft." I enjoy it.
Garry Chalk: (about his role on Stargate SG-1)For this character, I don't think there was a greater move then allowing him to take command of the Korolev. After all these years was it rewarding to take the captain's seat?