I got to write most of everything I said.

Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam.

I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.

America's trying to do the best for its veterans.

Kubrick's films have life - they just never die.

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running.

I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys.

I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.

That's all I cared about too, was getting it right.

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.

I got to write most of everything I said.

The drill instructor must have total and complete control. Mindless obedience is what he's after.

There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.

I go the VA Hospital when I have a problem and the doctor jumps on me.

Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates.

The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.

Kubrick ate it up. He loved it. He just let me go crazy.

There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better.

I was stationed at a marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967.

Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.

We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!

There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years.

It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth.

The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.

The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.

I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.

Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.

You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did.

When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.

Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.

For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.

I always love to come to Austin.

I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character.

I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.

I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corps.

There's lot of whiners in every crowd.

You can filter certain stuff it depends what artist you are but youre never going to be true to yourself if youre worried about what other people think.

Youre just another story I cant tell anymore.

It is the nature of the business that you work unsociable, unpredictable hours and can get called away at a moment's notice to somewhere on the other side of the world. This can put a strain on home and personal life.

It is good to be alone for solitude is difficult that something is difficult should be one more reason to do it.

My mother had a sewing machine. I was never allowed to use it, but I was so fascinated by this little needle going up and down joining fabric together that I'd use it when my mother went out to feed the chickens.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

Most of my life I've had long periods of feeling down and lost. That's why every five years or so I've smashed my life to pieces and started again.