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" I think Ovechkin is everything the NHL needs. "
D. B. Sweeney
Everything
I Think
Needs
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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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" 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 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned. "
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" The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control. "
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" 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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" Why should a filmmaker turn over the irreplaceable asset, the movie, to a distribution center? "
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" Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places? "
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" As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me. "
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You
Better
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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
" DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does. "
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Job
Great
" 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. "
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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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" I try to keep a low profile. "
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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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Men
" 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. "
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" I had cooked a lot in restaurants, in Rocky Point and on golf courses on Long Island, and my mother said, 'Be a chef,' and my dad said, 'Be a lawyer.' But instead, I auditioned for N.Y.U.'s Tisch School of the Arts. "
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" I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs. "
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Much
" 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. "
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