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" There's nobility in hard work, traditional values. "
D. B. Sweeney
Hard Work
Work
Values
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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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" 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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" 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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" Whether or not your person wins or loses, give him a chance. "
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" I don't know; it's hard for me to understand people that want to get out there and protest on the first day we elect a new guy. "
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" The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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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" If I'm not going to bet on myself, why would anyone else bet on me. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content. "
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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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" 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
" You get a lot of speeding tickets, and you say, 'I'm so unlucky!' No, you're not. You're speeding. Slow down. "
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Slow
" I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat. "
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American
Great
" Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do. "
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Hired
" 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'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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" 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 grew up Catholic, so the more non-denominational Christian experience was a new experience for me. "
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" 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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" I'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely. "
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