I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead Tom Berenger More Quotes by Tom Berenger More Quotes From 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 running mean travel While I was doing these plays in the beginning, I wasn't getting paid. I thought of it more as a hobby. Then I realized how seriously a lot of these people took what they were doing Tom Berenger hobbies play people 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 training radio guy 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 wells confused kind I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders Tom Berenger actors stories talking To people outside, they think, Gee, that's great. You get to go here and there. The other side of that is our expression, This is location, not vacation Tom Berenger vacation expression thinking I've done about six comedies. Oddly enough, the script came to me from one of the guys in Platoon Tom Berenger scripts guy done I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time Tom Berenger percent satisfied careers 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 a person and a hero. Tom Berenger cartoon hero thinking You realize just how long youve been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can get access to local calls. Tom Berenger realizing home long We had training camp for a week, and we used the actual military drills of that period. We didn't have to work out much after hours, because going up and down hills all day was a good workout in itself. Tom Berenger work-out workout military 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 notebook done fall 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 real mistake thinking Most of what gets made now, you laugh your way through, go home and forget you've seen it. Tom Berenger home laughing way
