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" I felt like the world of baseball in 1919 was much closer to what A-ball would be now - guys riding buses, there's no training staff, and there's a lot of paranoia. "

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" 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

" Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up. "

" The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control. "

" 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

" 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. "

" I thought it's very funny that I ended up as a voiceover guy because when I started out as an actor, I had a very strong Long Island accent. "

D. B. Sweeney

Island

Long

" Why should a filmmaker turn over the irreplaceable asset, the movie, to a distribution center? "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

D. B. Sweeney

Work

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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'd love to do a movie like 'Bullitt.' "

D. B. Sweeney

Love

Movie

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

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

D. B. Sweeney

Famous

Time

" 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. "

" Whether or not your person wins or loses, give him a chance. "

" I don't play the bass. I'm not in a band. I tried to think of ways I could touch base with the troops and support what we're doing. "

" 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. "

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

D. B. Sweeney

About

Felt

" Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places? "

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

" 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 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. "

" DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do. "

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