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" The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control. "
D. B. Sweeney
Enough
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Movies
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" Say something personal, not from a publicist. "
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" I don't like the NFL, where I think it's a problem: some guy scores a touchdown, now he's got some kind of dance that he planned. To me, I just want to change the channel. "
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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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" If I'm not going to bet on myself, why would anyone else bet on me. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 'It's a Wonderful Life' was a mainstream Hollywood movie about faith, redemption, religion, and it was rated G. "
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Religion
Faith
" When you're 47 years old and playing at a world-class level in the fastest sport, and you have zero percent body fat, you need to be brought down a peg as often as possible. "
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Need
Fat
" 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 like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs. "
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Hanging
Things
Learning
" I try to have a normal life since I have an abnormal job. "
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Job
Try
Life
" 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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Thought
Sports
Path
" 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
" 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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Always
You
Worry
" I love Vanna White as much as the next guy. "
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Love
Guy
Much
" I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky. "
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Real
Luck
I Believe
" My sister Kathleen - one year older - was the school's acting legend. Her thing was getting all the parts, even Tiresias. And I wasn't going to mess with that. "
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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 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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White
" John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone. "
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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
" 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
Way
" 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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Career
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" I think Ovechkin is everything the NHL needs. "
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Everything
I Think
Needs
" 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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Movies
Money
" I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat. "
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Great