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" 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
Up
Long
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" 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. "
D. B. Sweeney
Say
Character
Never
" 'It's a Wonderful Life' was a mainstream Hollywood movie about faith, redemption, religion, and it was rated G. "
D. B. Sweeney
Redemption
Religion
Faith
" Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something. "
D. B. Sweeney
Say
Push
Luck
" Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn't read. He was illiterate. "
D. B. Sweeney
Country
Boy
Confession
" I would love to do another hockey movie. There are a lot of people in Hollywood looking for the right hockey script. "
D. B. Sweeney
People
Love
Looking
" 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. "
D. B. Sweeney
Patience
Help
Character
" I try to keep a low profile. "
D. B. Sweeney
Try
Low
Keep
" Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make. "
D. B. Sweeney
Particularly
Hard
Make
" There's nobility in hard work, traditional values. "
D. B. Sweeney
Hard Work
Work
Values
" 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. "
D. B. Sweeney
World
Baseball
Training
" Whether or not your person wins or loses, give him a chance. "
D. B. Sweeney
Your
Chance
Give
" John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone. "
D. B. Sweeney
He
Like
Owner
" As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me. "
D. B. Sweeney
Me
You
Better
" 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? "
D. B. Sweeney
Come
Been
Men
" Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up. "
D. B. Sweeney
You
Pick
Skating
" Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places? "
D. B. Sweeney
Any
Needs
Who
" Fifty-million-dollar movies gobble up the medium movies. A lot of people aren't working in Hollywood because of this. "
D. B. Sweeney
Working
Movies
People
" What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good. "
D. B. Sweeney
Fun
Really
Makes
" DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does. "
D. B. Sweeney
Good Job
Job
Great
" 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
" I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs. "
D. B. Sweeney
Hanging
Things
Learning
" 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. "
D. B. Sweeney
Time
Career
Early
" 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
" 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
Me
Down
Friends
" 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. "
D. B. Sweeney
Living
Find
Way
" 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. "
D. B. Sweeney
Me
Know
Day
" I bat righty. "
D. B. Sweeney
Bat
" I think Ovechkin is everything the NHL needs. "
D. B. Sweeney
Everything
I Think
Needs
" 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
Me
Change
" 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
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