Quotes from D. B. Sweeney

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

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.

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

I bat righty.

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.

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

I'm a sucker for doing something fun. If somebody wants to pay me to learn how to fly a plane or be a better golfer, that certainly would be a plus - or if it's filming in Tahiti.

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.

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?

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.

Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I try to keep a low profile.

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?

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.

Say something personal, not from a publicist.

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.

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