I've done about six comedies. Oddly enough, the script came to me from one of the guys in Platoon Tom Berenger More Quotes by Tom Berenger More Quotes From 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 things because they take the pressure off the constant stress Tom Berenger tiredstresspressure In this industry, the new owners prefer to kill anything they weren't responsible for. Tom Berenger ownersresponsibleindustry I like playing flawed characters, people who aren't perfect. Tom Berenger perfectcharacterpeople 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 scriptsactingwriting 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 realsummerkids This is all new to me, these re-releases. I don't know how these things do. I don't know if it will be people who saw it originally or young people Tom Berenger releasesawspeople These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don't even run in theaters very long anymore before going right to television. Tom Berenger runninglongyears 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 sleepkidsthinking 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 phoneshurtnew-york I came in on the tail end of the old school of Hollywood Tom Berenger hollywoodtailsschool Even my agents say, 'We don't know what this business is anymore.' Tom Berenger agentsknows The Big Chill is one of those things that everybody can identify with. Between eight characters, they can pick somebody who's somewhat like them Tom Berenger eightchillcharacter Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be Tom Berenger performancesshouldway Take characters that Nicholson or De Niro play: they're not always tough Tom Berenger toughplaycharacter 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 differencescrazynight Around mid-life everyone goes maniac a little bit. Tom Berenger bitsmaniacslittles 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 incrediblesfrustrationremember My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled Tom Berenger gamermotherfather I was so exhausted after fighting for the project for five years, shooting it was like the Bataan Death March Tom Berenger shootingfightingyears I guess if I weren't an actor, I'd be a history professor Tom Berenger professorsactorsifs
