R. Lee Ermey

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. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#conduct #expect #friends #good #good guy

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

— R. Lee Ermey

#cared #getting #i #right #too

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

— R. Lee Ermey

#best #best part #boot #boot camp #camp

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

— R. Lee Ermey

#biggest #biggest problem #fighting #knew #nothing

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

— R. Lee Ermey

#complete #complete control #control #drill #instructor

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. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#because #come #corp #did #email

Communications are better now than in my Vietnam days. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#better now #communications #days #now #than

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. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#always #back #bit #character #directors

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

— R. Lee Ermey

#ask #gitmo #go #happy #honor

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. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#firmly #i #learn #live #mistakes