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" Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up. "
D. B. Sweeney
You
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Skating
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" I really like the way Fox handles their shows. "
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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 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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" 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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" The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned. "
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" 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.' "
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" 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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" Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make. "
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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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" It took me a long time to realize you don't choose what you're famous for. "
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Famous
Time
Me
" I love Vanna White as much as the next guy. "
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Much
" I think it's particularly stupid that filmmakers have traditionally said, 'Yeah, I like baseball, but the movie's not going to be about the intricacies of the game.' I mean, you wouldn't cast an overweight guy with stubble if you were doing a ballet film. "
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You
Think
Stupid
" 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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Come
Been
Men
" 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
" 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
" The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control. "
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Enough
Problem
Movies
" With the Red Sox, you have more of a literary interest in it. You know they're going to lose; you're just interested in how the plot is going to unfold. "
D. B. Sweeney
Lose
More
Red
" 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. "
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Interesting
Good
Together
" 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
" 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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Attention
You
Think
" You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it. "
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Ready
Luck
" 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. "
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Say
Character
Never
" 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'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely. "
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Baseball
Fan
Huge
" I would love to do another hockey movie. There are a lot of people in Hollywood looking for the right hockey script. "
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People
Love
Looking
" When you do a play, or even a movie, you have weeks to finesse your character. You really understand why they do what they do. In TV, you get new material weekly about your character. "
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Why
You
Understand
" Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do. "
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Hire
Best
Hired
" I grew up Catholic, so the more non-denominational Christian experience was a new experience for me. "
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New
Christian
Experience
" I try to have a normal life since I have an abnormal job. "
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Job
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Life
" There's nobility in hard work, traditional values. "
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