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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'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. "

" There's nobility in hard work, traditional values. "

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

" The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned. "

" 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? "

" You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it. "

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

" 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'd love to do a movie like 'Bullitt.' "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Say something personal, not from a publicist. "

" 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. "

" I'm sure that President Trump will do plenty of things that people don't like, plenty of things people do like, and the people who don't like it, at that point, certainly take advantage of your rights and protest it - and try to seek change or do whatever you want. "

" 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. "

" If I'm not going to bet on myself, why would anyone else bet on me. "

" If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone. "

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

" When you play on a team, you learn that there will always be five guys you like, a bunch of guys who are OK, and five you despise. The trick to getting along in any system is not to worry about the five you despise. "

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

" I bat righty. "

" In A-ball, you're either going to move up, or you're going to get released. That kind of paranoia played a lot into the players' mentality leading up to the events of 'Eight Men Out.' "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" If Gretzky was velvet, Ovechkin is electricity. "