R. Lee Ermey

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

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

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.

I always love to come to Austin.

I play well with everybody.

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

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

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

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.

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.

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.

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

The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.

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

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

I got to write most of everything I said.

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

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

Communications are better now than in my Vietnam days.