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" It took me a long time to realize you don't choose what you're famous for. "
D. B. Sweeney
Famous
Time
Me
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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 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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" 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
" Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something. "
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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. "
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Country
Boy
Confession
" John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone. "
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Like
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" Fifty-million-dollar movies gobble up the medium movies. A lot of people aren't working in Hollywood because of this. "
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Movies
People
" '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
" 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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Touch
Support
Band
" I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs. "
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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. "
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Time
Career
Early
" 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
" I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky. "
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Real
Luck
I Believe
" I really like the way Fox handles their shows. "
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Fox
Way
Shows
" I try to have a normal life since I have an abnormal job. "
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Job
Try
Life
" Say something personal, not from a publicist. "
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Say
Something
Publicist
" 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
" All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content. "
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Like
Great
Create
" Whether or not your person wins or loses, give him a chance. "
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Your
Chance
Give
" You always love to fantasize you'll get your dream role. "
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Always
Love
Role
" I'd love to do a movie like 'Bullitt.' "
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Like
Love
Movie
" 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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Work
Like
More
" I love Vanna White as much as the next guy. "
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Love
Guy
Much
" 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. "
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Living
Find
Way
" 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
" Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do. "
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Hire
Best
Hired
" 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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People
World
Start
" 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
" 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. "
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Young
I Can
White
" 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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Everyone
Rock
Goofy