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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 didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work. "

" I didn't know anybody in show business, and I never thought it was the path I'd go down. I was hoping it was sports, like so many kids. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I would love to do another hockey movie. There are a lot of people in Hollywood looking for the right hockey script. "

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

" 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. "

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

" If Gretzky was velvet, Ovechkin is electricity. "

" I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as a young white male. "

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

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

" 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. "

" The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals. "

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

" I try to have a normal life since I have an abnormal job. "

" All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content. "

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

" I'm so proud and honored to have been in 'Lonesome Dove' and 'Eight Men Out.' How come I'm not known for one of those? "