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" If I'm not going to bet on myself, why would anyone else bet on me. "
D. B. Sweeney
Why
Myself
Me
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" 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. "
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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'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. "
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Want
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" You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it. "
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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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" 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 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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Lawyer
" I try to have a normal life since I have an abnormal job. "
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Job
Try
Life
" 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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Been
Men
" If Gretzky was velvet, Ovechkin is electricity. "
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Gretzky
Velvet
Electricity
" I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky. "
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Real
Luck
I Believe
" 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. "
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Movies
Family
Funny
" 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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Patience
Help
Character
" Say something personal, not from a publicist. "
D. B. Sweeney
Say
Something
Publicist
" 'It's a Wonderful Life' was a mainstream Hollywood movie about faith, redemption, religion, and it was rated G. "
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Redemption
Religion
Faith
" 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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Responsibility
Doubt
Life
" Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places? "
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Any
Needs
Who
" The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control. "
D. B. Sweeney
Enough
Problem
Movies
" I'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely. "
D. B. Sweeney
Baseball
Fan
Huge
" 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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World
Baseball
Training
" I'm a sucker for doing something fun. If somebody wants to pay me to learn how to fly a plane or be a better golfer, that certainly would be a plus - or if it's filming in Tahiti. "
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Fun
Me
Fly
" I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs. "
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Hanging
Things
Learning
" 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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Good Job
Job
Great
" Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make. "
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Particularly
Hard
Make
" I think Ovechkin is everything the NHL needs. "
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Everything
I Think
Needs
" I really like the way Fox handles their shows. "
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Fox
Way
Shows
" Any time I get to work a home game, it's awesome. "
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Work
Get
" John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone. "
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Like
Owner
" 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. "
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Baseball
Game
Matter
" I try to keep a low profile. "
D. B. Sweeney
Try
Low
Keep