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" A producer wouldn't think of making a film about ballet dancers without using real dancers, but they will cast actors who have never held a bat in baseball films. "

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" When you're 47 years old and playing at a world-class level in the fastest sport, and you have zero percent body fat, you need to be brought down a peg as often as possible. "

D. B. Sweeney

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Need

Fat

" 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. "

" In A-ball, you're either going to move up, or you're going to get released. That kind of paranoia played a lot into the players' mentality leading up to the events of 'Eight Men Out.' "

" 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. "

D. B. Sweeney

Down

Friends

" 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. "

" You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it. "

" 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. "

" If you skate with an Olympic level skater, they make you so much better because you're skating behind them, and you're trying to imitate their stride and their stance. It's like having the world's greatest training wheels. "

" As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me. "

D. B. Sweeney

You

Better

" You get a lot of speeding tickets, and you say, 'I'm so unlucky!' No, you're not. You're speeding. Slow down. "

" You always love to fantasize you'll get your dream role. "

" 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. "

" Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn't read. He was illiterate. "

" I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show. "

" If I'm not going to bet on myself, why would anyone else bet on me. "

D. B. Sweeney

Why

Myself

" Say something personal, not from a publicist. "

" There's no doubt my having been a ballplayer made me feel a special sense of responsibility to Joe Jackson's life. "

" 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. "

" I've been doing this for 33 years, and sometimes you make movies and nobody cares. But when people care, it's the greatest thing in the world - even when it's passionately against the title - because it's going to start a conversation. "

" I'm a sucker for doing something fun. If somebody wants to pay me to learn how to fly a plane or be a better golfer, that certainly would be a plus - or if it's filming in Tahiti. "

D. B. Sweeney

Fun

Fly

" I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs. "

" I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat. "

" John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone. "

D. B. Sweeney

Owner

" My sister Kathleen - one year older - was the school's acting legend. Her thing was getting all the parts, even Tiresias. And I wasn't going to mess with that. "

" I grew up Catholic, so the more non-denominational Christian experience was a new experience for me. "

" Fifty-million-dollar movies gobble up the medium movies. A lot of people aren't working in Hollywood because of this. "

" 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. "

" It took me a long time to realize you don't choose what you're famous for. "

D. B. Sweeney

Famous

Time

" I was taking hitting clinics every chance I got. I really worked on it. It was just fun to be given that invitation from the director to make the baseball as good as we can. "

" I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky. "