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" 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. "
D. B. Sweeney
Young
I Can
White
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" I love Vanna White as much as the next guy. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Whether or not your person wins or loses, give him a chance. "
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" I wanted to play this part: the goofy rock and roller who can't hang up his guitar when it's clear to everyone else that he should. "
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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. "
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" There's nobility in hard work, traditional values. "
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" 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? "
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" You always love to fantasize you'll get your dream role. "
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" The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control. "
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" I really like the way Fox handles their shows. "
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Way
Shows
" 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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Know
Day
" I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs. "
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Learning
" What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good. "
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Really
Makes
" 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. "
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Loser
You
Complain
" 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. "
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Start
" I think Ovechkin is everything the NHL needs. "
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Needs
" When you do a play, or even a movie, you have weeks to finesse your character. You really understand why they do what they do. In TV, you get new material weekly about your character. "
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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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Help
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" All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content. "
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Great
Create
" There's no doubt my having been a ballplayer made me feel a special sense of responsibility to Joe Jackson's life. "
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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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Career
Early
" It took me a long time to realize you don't choose what you're famous for. "
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Time
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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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Kind
Year