D. B. Sweeney Quotes
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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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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.
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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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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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'It's a Wonderful Life' was a mainstream Hollywood movie about faith, redemption, religion, and it was rated G.
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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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I really like the way Fox handles their shows.
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The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned.
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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'd love to do a movie like 'Bullitt.'
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I'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely.
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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'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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All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content.
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Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places?
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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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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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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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If Gretzky was velvet, Ovechkin is electricity.
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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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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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The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.