All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content.
The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn't read. He was illiterate.
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.
DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does.
I'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely.
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.
I felt like the world of baseball in 1919 was much closer to what A-ball would be now - guys riding buses, there's no training staff, and there's a lot of paranoia.
I think Ovechkin is everything the NHL needs.
I don't like the NFL, where I think it's a problem: some guy scores a touchdown, now he's got some kind of dance that he planned. To me, I just want to change the channel.
I would love to do another hockey movie. There are a lot of people in Hollywood looking for the right hockey script.
I try to have a normal life since I have an abnormal job.
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.
I bat righty.
The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned.
There's no doubt my having been a ballplayer made me feel a special sense of responsibility to Joe Jackson's life.
With the Red Sox, you have more of a literary interest in it. You know they're going to lose; you're just interested in how the plot is going to unfold.
I'd love to do a movie like 'Bullitt.'
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.
On a movie set, there's so much down time, adjusting the lighting. It gave me time to nap, call my friends, relax, work out. But with TV, there's no break time. None.
