Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.

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.

You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it.

There's nobility in hard work, traditional values.

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?

I thought it's very funny that I ended up as a voiceover guy because when I started out as an actor, I had a very strong Long Island accent.

I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.

I try to keep a low profile.

There's no doubt my having been a ballplayer made me feel a special sense of responsibility to Joe Jackson's life.

What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.

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

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 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.

My sister Kathleen - one year older - was the school's acting legend. Her thing was getting all the parts, even Tiresias. And I wasn't going to mess with that.

You get a lot of speeding tickets, and you say, 'I'm so unlucky!' No, you're not. You're speeding. Slow down.

As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.

I didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work.

I've seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn't stink. But if you're empty and manipulative on stage, it's clear.

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.

When you do a play, or even a movie, you have weeks to finesse your character. You really understand why they do what they do. In TV, you get new material weekly about your character.

You always love to fantasize you'll get your dream role.

I really like the way Fox handles their shows.

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 their stride and their stance. It's like having the world's greatest training wheels.

Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.

If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.

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.

What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.

Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.

The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.

I love Vanna White as much as the next guy.

If I'm not going to bet on myself, why would anyone else bet on me.

I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs.

Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.

I didn't know anybody in show business, and I never thought it was the path I'd go down. I was hoping it was sports, like so many kids.

I had a teacher senior year in high school. He was a theater teacher, and he basically was a little bit like 'High School Musical.' He kind of encouraged the jocks to get involved with the plays. I did it as kind of a senior year lark.

I got typecast early in my career as the guy who is very intense. Once you get into a certain mold, people see you that way, as much as it's disproved time and again.

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.

Any time I get to work a home game, it's awesome.

I grew up Catholic, so the more non-denominational Christian experience was a new experience for me.

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 support what we're doing.

It took me a long time to realize you don't choose what you're famous for.

Say something personal, not from a publicist.

I don't know; it's hard for me to understand people that want to get out there and protest on the first day we elect a new guy.

Whether or not your person wins or loses, give him a chance.

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 - that just makes you a whiner.

I'm sure that President Trump will do plenty of things that people don't like, plenty of things people do like, and the people who don't like it, at that point, certainly take advantage of your rights and protest it - and try to seek change or do whatever you want.

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.

More is asked of you on stage. It's no way to make a living. But it's like a bullfight. You find out who can do it and who can't.

If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.

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.