Peter Berg Quotes

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• I've spent enough time with soldiers to know that once they get to know you and they loosen up and become themselves, they are some…
• I believe that anything in this world is fair game for a creative exercise.
• I think musicians oftentimes have the right skill set to be good actors. And with Rihanna, I noticed her and knew of her obviously, and…
• I had great luck with Tim McGraw twice in 'Friday Night Lights' and 'The Kingdom.' I love finding off-beat casting and finding someone you know…
• I'm a huge fan of the Navy. My father was a Naval historian, and I've been studying Naval battles forever.
• 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.
• Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose,
• Michael Mann's always been one of my heroes.
• Truth is, we offered it to Tom Hanks, which pretty much every movie in America does, but Tom passed. Billy Bob said that Hanks recently…
• You might make a lot of money, but it's very hard to get out from under that rug. The more you can reinvent yourself, the…
• There's a picture of the real Coach Gary Gaines in the book and he's sitting in the locker room after a game, and he just…
• It's always an interesting sort of adventures that gets someone into a movie.
• What kind of town do we want in the future, and how are we going to plan on that?
• People know I love to shoot action and that I'm not afraid of emotion.
• I'm pretty upfront about my love and admiration for the military. One of the perks of making movies is that you get to sort of…
• I've been a big believer in musicians turned actor, going back to Sinatra winning the Oscar for 'From Here To Eternity.' David Bowie in 'Man…
• What first caught my eye about Rihanna was an interview she did with Diane Sawyer after the Chris Brown incident, where she was very articulate,…
• You know to me, being a good actor, the most important quality is you've got to love to play, and to just be open to…
• I did not want 'Battleship' to be perceived as an American war film. I wanted to do everything I could to make the film accessible…
• I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing, being…

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