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" '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
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" 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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" 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. "
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" 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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" The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals. "
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" I got to be good friends with Scott Hamilton. "
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" I was taking hitting clinics every chance I got. I really worked on it. It was just fun to be given that invitation from the director to make the baseball as good as we can. "
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Good
" 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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Find
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" 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. "
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Done
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" If Gretzky was velvet, Ovechkin is electricity. "
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Gretzky
Velvet
Electricity
" I'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely. "
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Huge
" I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs. "
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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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Rights
Want
Change
" I love Vanna White as much as the next guy. "
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Love
Guy
Much
" John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone. "
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" 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
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Funny
" You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it. "
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Your
Ready
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" As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me. "
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Me
You
Better
" Why should a filmmaker turn over the irreplaceable asset, the movie, to a distribution center? "
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Irreplaceable
Why
Turn
" 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. "
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You
Trying
World
" The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control. "
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Enough
Problem
Movies
" 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
" 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. "
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People
Movies
Money
" 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 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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Long
Lawyer
" 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
" I think Ovechkin is everything the NHL needs. "
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I Think
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" The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned. "
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Felt
More
" I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat. "
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Opinion
American
Great
" A producer wouldn't think of making a film about ballet dancers without using real dancers, but they will cast actors who have never held a bat in baseball films. "
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Real
Think