Bigs Quote by Peter Berg

That a modern battleship of 48,000 tons would have to defend itself against wood and fabric biplanes with its main armament was a salutary…

— Richard Hough

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

— Peter Berg

'Battleship' is not a film that Francois Truffaut would have made. Nor would any of those other namby-pamby European directors. Nope, this picture eschews…

— Seth Shostak

Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they…

— Barney Ross

The visual impact of a United States battleship springs from its ability to put Soviet ships on the bottom of the sea and to…

— Anonymous

“In an episode characteristic of the U.S. tactical intelligence effort during Midway, the attacks on this modest force had repeatedly been reported as being…

— Charles River Editors

If we had less statemanship we could get along with fewer battleships.

— Mark Twain

I wanted to do a naval film and I flirted with different ideas, most of which ended up being too intense. So when the…

— Peter Berg

I mean, the job is Pearl Harbor. And you better not spends weeks and weeks and weeks trying to assign blame or deciding on…

— Howard Warren Buffett

“The Americans, Dutch and Australians had lost further vessels as well, notably at the battle of the Java Sea in February. As a result,…

— Charles River Editors

“The organization of high-tempo air operations from carriers remains an extremely challenging proposition even today, but in June 1942, the Japanese were world leaders…

— Charles River Editors

“a Marine company or two had less tactical value than a cruiser, let alone a battleship.”

— C.J. Carella