Tom Berenger

I had already done a lot of research for Rough Riders, keeping notebooks and old photographs. Some of the books were antiques…

— Tom Berenger

I was so exhausted after fighting for the project for five years, shooting it was like the Bataan Death March

— Tom Berenger

You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as…

— Tom Berenger

I came in on the tail end of the old school of Hollywood

— Tom Berenger

Sometimes I think I'm real predictable to myself and other times... you always wonder, Is this really what I wanted to do?…

— Tom Berenger

I have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense…

— Tom Berenger

You realize just how long youve been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can…

— Tom Berenger

In this industry, the new owners prefer to kill anything they weren't responsible for.

— Tom Berenger

I've done about six comedies. Oddly enough, the script came to me from one of the guys in Platoon

— Tom Berenger

I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time

— Tom Berenger

I didn't know how to go about preparing for the part of someone who can't remember who he is. The frustration angle…

— Tom Berenger

I guess if I weren't an actor, I'd be a history professor

— Tom Berenger

I like playing flawed characters, people who aren't perfect.

— Tom Berenger

While I was doing these plays in the beginning, I wasn't getting paid. I thought of it more as a hobby. Then…

— Tom Berenger

I feel more comfortable doing films with groups of guys. It's a lot easier for me. There's a difference with women: you…

— Tom Berenger

There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those…

— Tom Berenger

I don't think a director should have any kids. I don't even think it's good for your physical health. Even guys in…

— Tom Berenger

I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders

— Tom Berenger

I wrote a script. I actually enjoyed writing it more than acting. It's about the Irish rebellion of 1920, which is a…

— Tom Berenger

These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business.…

— Tom Berenger

I was kind of confused. I thought, Well, if I get drafted, I'll go. Everybody was very concerned with it. I had…

— Tom Berenger

My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled

— Tom Berenger

Rough Riders took 13 weeks to shoot, plus a week of training. The same guy trained us trained the cast in Platoon.…

— Tom Berenger

I remember seeing Bill Hurt in New York once. I talked to him on the phone around 1988 and that's about it.…

— Tom Berenger

Most of what gets made now, you laugh your way through, go home and forget you've seen it

— Tom Berenger