Dodger Quotes

When I was 10 or 11, I played the Artful Dodger in a school production of `Oliver. From that point forward, I said I wanted to be an actor. Nobody in my family took it seriously, but I saw no other path. I was a cocky little kid. This one teacher said: `You`re a working-class kid from Coventry. What do you know?`

(on making Roger Dodger (2002)) I really loved it. On the set, it was like being part of a real family. Everybody was there because they wanted to be and not because of some paycheck - there were no dressing rooms or big trailers; you`d get ready in a bathroom. Here`s this $2-million movie that could have gone nowhere or everywhere. But it`s one of the most special experiences that I`ve ever had. I want more similar experiences. I`m not "Showgirl" - that`s the point!

We had better music at Sunnydale`s prom than at my real-life prom. And at my prom, I didn`t really have a date, which is sort of what happens to Xander. At my real prom, I kind of ducked out the hotel ballroom and watched a Dodger game until 3 a.m. because it went about 22 innings. And my friends were saying, `Oh no! Where`d Nick go?` I think I was trying to get people to worry about me. That whole teenage angst thing. (New York Times, May 9, 1999)

I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I`m going to the big Dodger in the sky.

It was wonderful going back home to the Dodger organization, where my dad was probably second to Tommy Lasorda as being a Dodger fan.

I`m proud of the fact that I`m the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.