D. B. Sweeney

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.

Whether or not your person wins or loses, give him a chance.

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

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.

I'd love to do a movie like 'Bullitt.'

I love Vanna White as much as the next guy.

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.

I had heard that Robert Duvall was interested in doing 'Lonesome Dove,' and he's one of those actors with whom I'd work on any project. So I tracked down the script and started to bug the producer, Dyson Lovell, to get in there.

John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.

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.

I grew up Catholic, so the more non-denominational Christian experience was a new experience for me.

Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.

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.

Say something personal, not from a publicist.

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

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 don't play the bass. I'm not in a band. I tried to think of ways I could touch base with the troops and support what we're doing.

Any time I get to work a home game, it's awesome.

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.

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 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.

There's nobility in hard work, traditional values.

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

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

The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.

Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.

What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.

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.

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.

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.

Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.

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.