D. B. Sweeney Quotes
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As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.
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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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It took me a long time to realize you don't choose what you're famous for.
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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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I had heard that Robert Duvall was interested in doing 'Lonesome Dove,' and he's one of those actors with whom I'd work on any project. So I tracked down the script and started to bug the producer, Dyson Lovell, to get in there.
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I really like the way Fox handles their shows.
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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'd love to do a movie like 'Bullitt.'
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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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More is asked of you on stage. It's no way to make a living. But it's like a bullfight. You find out who can do it and who can't.
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I've seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn't stink. But if you're empty and manipulative on stage, it's clear.
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I don't like the NFL, where I think it's a problem: some guy scores a touchdown, now he's got some kind of dance that he planned. To me, I just want to change the channel.
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I'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely.
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All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content.
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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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Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places?
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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.
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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 try to keep a low profile.
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If Gretzky was velvet, Ovechkin is electricity.
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You get a lot of speeding tickets, and you say, 'I'm so unlucky!' No, you're not. You're speeding. Slow down.
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On a movie set, there's so much down time, adjusting the lighting. It gave me time to nap, call my friends, relax, work out. But with TV, there's no break time. None.
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I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat.