I had the idea that the film would be much better served by a Branch Rickey lookalike than a Harrison Ford lookalike. I didn't want the audience to go into the film thinking that they knew me from some previous experience in a movie.
Harrison FordThe only thing that I have done that is not mitigated by luck, diminished by good fortune, is that I persisted, and other people gave up.
Harrison FordI don't think I've mastered anything. I'm still wrestling with the same frustrations, the same issues, the same problems as I always did. That's what life is like.
Harrison FordYou have to remember that baseball really was the American pastime in the Forties, not football, basketball or any other sport.
Harrison Ford