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"I'm a ballplayer, not an actor."
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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."
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"You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think we can explain."
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"I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right."
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"I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director."
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"I'm an actor who hates dialogue and the present day and reality."
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"Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple standpoint: The actor has to play the eight shows a week."
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"We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how do we find our authentic selves?' And that we all - whether we're actors or not - perform ourselves. As a way of searching. As a way of fumbling around and trying to say, is this my voice? Is this who I am?"
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"In those days I was mortified, because I was a serious actor in my own mind, and then all of a sudden I'm this hunk."
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"I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off."
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"The role of a do-gooder is not what actors call a fat part."
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"There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best."
Time
"I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates."
Management
"Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there."
Kids
"Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play."
Now
"I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way."
Ambition
"I think there are some players born to play ball."
Sports
"You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen."
Emotional
"You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?'"
Body
"A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example."
Leadership
"I'm a ballplayer, not an actor."
Actor
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