82 Quotes by D. B. Sweeney


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    Why should a filmmaker turn over the irreplaceable asset, the movie, to a distribution center?

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

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

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    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.

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

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    I was taking hitting clinics every chance I got. I really worked on it. It was just fun to be given that invitation from the director to make the baseball as good as we can.

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    In A-ball, you're either going to move up, or you're going to get released. That kind of paranoia played a lot into the players' mentality leading up to the events of 'Eight Men Out.'

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