There’s no doubt my having been a ballplayer made me feel a special sense of responsibility to Joe Jackson’s life. – D. B. Sweeney
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.’ – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
The actors in ‘Eight Men Out’ really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can’t create content. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat. – D. B. Sweeney
Why should a filmmaker turn over the irreplaceable asset, the movie, to a distribution center? – D. B. Sweeney
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
Fifty-million-dollar movies gobble up the medium movies. A lot of people aren’t working in Hollywood because of this. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
