D. B. Sweeney Quotes
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I really like the way Fox handles their shows.
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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 love Vanna White as much as the next guy.
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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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The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned.
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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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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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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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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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You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it.
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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 try to keep a low profile.
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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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The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.
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Whether or not your person wins or loses, give him a chance.
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I think it's particularly stupid that filmmakers have traditionally said, 'Yeah, I like baseball, but the movie's not going to be about the intricacies of the game.' I mean, you wouldn't cast an overweight guy with stubble if you were doing a ballet film.
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I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs.
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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'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely.
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I got to be good friends with Scott Hamilton.
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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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Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places?
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Fifty-million-dollar movies gobble up the medium movies. A lot of people aren't working in Hollywood because of this.
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I'd love to do a movie like 'Bullitt.'