Words matter. These are the best D. B. Sweeney Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
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.
It took me a long time to realize you don’t choose what you’re famous for.
Any time I get to work a home game, it’s awesome.
What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn’t read. He was illiterate.
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?
I try to have a normal life since I have an abnormal job.
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.
If Gretzky was velvet, Ovechkin is electricity.
Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
I’d love to do a movie like ‘Bullitt.’
I’m a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely.
‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ was a mainstream Hollywood movie about faith, redemption, religion, and it was rated G.
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.
I try to keep a low profile.
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.
There’s no doubt my having been a ballplayer made me feel a special sense of responsibility to Joe Jackson’s life.
Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places?
There’s nobility in hard work, traditional values.
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.
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.
The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don’t give the director enough control.
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.
I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs.
You always love to fantasize you’ll get your dream role.
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.
I bat righty.
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.
I love Vanna White as much as the next guy.
Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.
If I’m not going to bet on myself, why would anyone else bet on me.
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.
I got to be good friends with Scott Hamilton.
I believe in luck. My luck’s real streaky.
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.
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.
I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat.
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.
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.
Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.
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.
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.
John Sayles is good. He’s like a good thoroughbred owner – he leaves the trainers alone.
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.