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. – D. B. Sweeney
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
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
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
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. – D. B. Sweeney
I would love to do another hockey movie. There are a lot of people in Hollywood looking for the right hockey script. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
John Sayles is good. He’s like a good thoroughbred owner – he leaves the trainers alone. – 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. – D. B. Sweeney
I didn’t want people to think I’m just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
You get a lot of speeding tickets, and you say, ‘I’m so unlucky!’ No, you’re not. You’re speeding. Slow down. – D. B. Sweeney
The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don’t give the director enough control. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
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. – D. B. Sweeney
