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" 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. "

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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. "

D. B. Sweeney

Touch

Support

Band

" It's especially gratifying to have done a film like 'Eight Men Out' because it's hard not to have fun when there are so many bats and balls around. "

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

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

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

" 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? "

" I really like the way Fox handles their shows. "

" 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. "

" Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn't read. He was illiterate. "

" 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. "

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

" 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

" 'It's a Wonderful Life' was a mainstream Hollywood movie about faith, redemption, religion, and it was rated G. "

" Any time I get to work a home game, it's awesome. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

D. B. Sweeney

Famous

Time

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

" The great thing for me about 'The Resurrection of Gavin Stone' is it's a throwback to the old fashioned Hollywood movie that you can watch with your family, has a message, and is funny and entertaining. They didn't call them faith-based movies; they just called them good movies. "

" You get a lot of speeding tickets, and you say, 'I'm so unlucky!' No, you're not. You're speeding. Slow down. "

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

" As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me. "

D. B. Sweeney

You

Better

" 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

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

" 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. "

D. B. Sweeney

Down

Friends

" 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

" John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone. "

D. B. Sweeney

Owner