R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

America's trying to do the best for its veterans.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corps.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

The drill instructor must have total and complete control. Mindless obedience is what he's after.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

Communications are better now than in my Vietnam days.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

Kubrick ate it up. He loved it. He just let me go crazy.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

That's all I cared about too, was getting it right.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

Kubrick's films have life - they just never die.

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

I got to write most of everything I said.