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All Quotes by author - R. Lee Ermey

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

" 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. "

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

" Communications are better now than in my Vietnam days. "

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

" 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. "

" Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 got to write most of everything I said. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I play well with everybody. "

" I spend a lot of time with my characters. "

" I try to get over to Iraq and Afghanistan as much as I can. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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