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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 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. "

D. B. Sweeney

Baseball

Game

Matter

" I've seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn't stink. But if you're empty and manipulative on stage, it's clear. "

" I would love to do another hockey movie. There are a lot of people in Hollywood looking for the right hockey script. "

" 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. "

" If Gretzky was velvet, Ovechkin is electricity. "

" I try to keep a low profile. "

" If I'm not going to bet on myself, why would anyone else bet on me. "

D. B. Sweeney

Why

Myself

" Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn't read. He was illiterate. "

" 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. "

D. B. Sweeney

Problem

Change

" Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something. "

" 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. "

" Fifty-million-dollar movies gobble up the medium movies. A lot of people aren't working in Hollywood because of this. "

" 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. "

" It took me a long time to realize you don't choose what you're famous for. "

D. B. Sweeney

Famous

Time

" I'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely. "

" 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. "

" On a movie set, there's so much down time, adjusting the lighting. It gave me time to nap, call my friends, relax, work out. But with TV, there's no break time. None. "

D. B. Sweeney

Down

Friends

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" Why should a filmmaker turn over the irreplaceable asset, the movie, to a distribution center? "

" 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. "

" As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me. "

D. B. Sweeney

You

Better

" I really like the way Fox handles their shows. "

" I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs. "

" 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. "

" 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

Red

" 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. "

" I love Vanna White as much as the next guy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "