D. B. Sweeney Quotes
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I got typecast early in my career as the guy who is very intense. Once you get into a certain mold, people see you that way, as much as it's disproved time and again.
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The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned.
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What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.
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I had a teacher senior year in high school. He was a theater teacher, and he basically was a little bit like 'High School Musical.' He kind of encouraged the jocks to get involved with the plays. I did it as kind of a senior year lark.
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I love Vanna White as much as the next guy.
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You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it.
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It's especially gratifying to have done a film like 'Eight Men Out' because it's hard not to have fun when there are so many bats and balls around.
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To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.' If you don't know that you're pretending, then you should really seek medical help. I don't have patience for that stuff.
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If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
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'It's a Wonderful Life' was a mainstream Hollywood movie about faith, redemption, religion, and it was rated G.
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I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as a young white male.
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Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn't read. He was illiterate.
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I try to keep a low profile.
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I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs.
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Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places?
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I got to be good friends with Scott Hamilton.
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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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Whether or not your person wins or loses, give him a chance.
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Why should a filmmaker turn over the irreplaceable asset, the movie, to a distribution center?
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I'm not one of these million-dollar actors. I have always been just a working actor. I probably work more than I would like to.
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I don't know; it's hard for me to understand people that want to get out there and protest on the first day we elect a new guy.
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I'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely.
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I'd love to do a movie like 'Bullitt.'
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I had cooked a lot in restaurants, in Rocky Point and on golf courses on Long Island, and my mother said, 'Be a chef,' and my dad said, 'Be a lawyer.' But instead, I auditioned for N.Y.U.'s Tisch School of the Arts.