Whether or not your person wins or loses, give him a chance.
— D. B. Sweeney
It took me a long time to realize you don't choose what you're famous for.
I grew up Catholic, so the more non-denominational Christian experience was a new experience for me.
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.
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.
Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
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.
I really like the way Fox handles their shows.
I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
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.
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.
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?
Any time I get to work a home game, it's awesome.
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.
There's nobility in hard work, traditional values.
I love Vanna White as much as the next guy.
What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.
You always love to fantasize you'll get your dream role.
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.
As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.
Say something personal, not from a publicist.
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.
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.
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.
I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs.
The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.
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 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.
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.
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.
