D. B. Sweeney

The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals. ”

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

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 have never been one of those actors who say, 'Oh, my character wouldn't do this,' or 'My character never wears an orange shirt,' or any of the number of inane things I've heard on movie sets throughout my career. ”

DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does. ”

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. ”

All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content. ”

Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places? ”

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. ”

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. ”