Peter Berg

I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football,…

— Peter Berg

I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think.

— Peter Berg

What kind of town do we want in the future, and how are we going to plan on that?

— Peter Berg

What first caught my eye about Rihanna was an interview she did with Diane Sawyer after the Chris Brown incident, where she…

— Peter Berg

I'm much more collaborative than I probably was when I was first starting, much more willing to say, "I don't know the…

— Peter Berg

I believe that anything in this world is fair game for a creative exercise.

— Peter Berg

When I look back at it, I'm mostly amazed at how poorly it was shot. David Kelley is a great writer, and…

— Peter Berg

Be really picky with your hiring, and hire the absolute best people you possibly can. People are the most important component of…

— Peter Berg

I tend to not have to handle things that are probably gonna end up being irrelevant, that aren't gonna have much to…

— Peter Berg

I don't like alien films where you don't get to see the aliens.

— Peter Berg

Hollywood is not stupid, contrary to popular belief; it's really a lot of intelligent people trying to figure things out.

— Peter Berg

I try to preload as little as I can. I like to come to the set with minimal preparation.

— Peter Berg

You know to me, being a good actor, the most important quality is you've got to love to play, and to just…

— Peter Berg

You might make a lot of money, but it's very hard to get out from under that rug. The more you can…

— Peter Berg

I'm pretty upfront about my love and admiration for the military. One of the perks of making movies is that you get…

— Peter Berg

One of the things that's fascinating about making movies is a movie when it's done and you start showing it to people,…

— Peter Berg

I did not want 'Battleship' to be perceived as an American war film. I wanted to do everything I could to make…

— Peter Berg

The first movie I literally ever made in my life was about two guys playing Stratego with each other. I had all…

— Peter Berg

You look for inspiration, I do, that got me going.

— Peter Berg

I like films that are about two hours not more.

— Peter Berg

I had great luck with Tim McGraw twice in 'Friday Night Lights' and 'The Kingdom.' I love finding off-beat casting and finding…

— Peter Berg

To get audiences to go see a film is a completely separate issue.

— Peter Berg

One of the challenges assembling the film was that gun fight went on for three and a half hours and we obviously…

— Peter Berg

It's always an interesting sort of adventures that gets someone into a movie.

— Peter Berg

I have a tradition of working with actors, over and over again. I've worked with Jason Bateman, over and over again. You…

— Peter Berg