Debra Winger doesn’t let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be. – 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 their 30s look exhausted because directors never get enough sleep. What I do is stressful enough. – 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? Did I make a mistake? Should I be doing something else? – Tom Berenger
I was so exhausted after fighting for the project for five years, shooting it was like the Bataan Death March. – 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 is written in, but there’s also this incredible passive state. – 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 friends who went. Some that came back and some that didn’t. – 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 can’t take them to dinner every night and go crazy. – 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. I was shooting in New York and somebody said Glenn Close came by the set. – Tom Berenger
Most of what gets made now, you laugh your way through, go home and forget you’ve seen it. – 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 fascinating period and place for me. – Tom Berenger
In this industry, the new owners prefer to kill anything they weren’t responsible for. – Tom Berenger
Rough Riders took 13 weeks to shoot, plus a week of training. The same guy trained us trained the cast in Platoon. Except, instead of radios, we used bugles to signal. – Tom Berenger
Every other movie is one of those action things. I mean, ‘Lost in Space’? A bunch of good actors running around shooting at special effects on a soundstage? I took my kids to see that and felt like I was on an acid trip. – Tom Berenger
I don’t care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don’t have to be a lead. – Tom Berenger
I had already done a lot of research for Rough Riders, keeping notebooks and old photographs. Some of the books were antiques for that time period, with the covers falling off. – 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 have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense period of time. I’m with them every minute of the day. – Tom Berenger
I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders. – Tom Berenger
