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… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
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… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
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… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
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… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
Why should a filmmaker turn over the irreplaceable asset, the movie, to a distribution center? — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn't make you protester… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
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? — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
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,'… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
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,… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
