A biography for D. B. Sweeneyhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“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.”
“There's no doubt my having been a ballplayer made me feel a special sense of responsibility to Joe Jackson's life.”
“I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.”
“I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat.”
“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.”
“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.”
“When you're 47 years old and playing at a world-class level in the fastest sport, and you have zero percent body fat, you need to be brought down a peg as often as possible.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places?”
“It took me a long time to realize you don't choose what you're famous for.”
“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 Gretzky was velvet, Ovechkin is electricity.”
“Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn't read. He was illiterate.”
“Say something personal, not from a publicist.”
“I've been doing this for 33 years, and sometimes you make movies and nobody cares. But when people care, it's the greatest thing in the world - even when it's passionately against the title - because it's going to start a conversation.”
“Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.”
“You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it.”
“I bat righty.”