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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. "

D. B. Sweeney

Problem

Change

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Great

Create

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" I'm sure that President Trump will do plenty of things that people don't like, plenty of things people do like, and the people who don't like it, at that point, certainly take advantage of your rights and protest it - and try to seek change or do whatever you want. "

" 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. "

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D. B. Sweeney

You

Better

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" There's nobility in hard work, traditional values. "

" 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. "

" When you play on a team, you learn that there will always be five guys you like, a bunch of guys who are OK, and five you despise. The trick to getting along in any system is not to worry about the five you despise. "

" If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks. "

" 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

" The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned. "

D. B. Sweeney

About

Felt

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" I have never been one of those actors who say, 'Oh, my character wouldn't do this,' or 'My character never wears an orange shirt,' or any of the number of inane things I've heard on movie sets throughout my career. "

" With the Red Sox, you have more of a literary interest in it. You know they're going to lose; you're just interested in how the plot is going to unfold. "

D. B. Sweeney

Lose

Red

" When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn't make you protester - that just makes you a whiner. "