People know I love to shoot action and that I'm not afraid of emotion. Peter Berg More Quotes by Peter Berg More Quotes From Peter Berg I have a tradition of working with actors, over and over again. I've worked with Jason Bateman, over and over again. You get to know an actor, and you get a certain trust and a comfort, and you become really good friends, and you feel like you've got a short-hand. Peter Berg good-friend comfort hands The way you set up for a sequel is by having a successful film. The focus is on making a successful film, and making a film that travels around the world, and that people enjoy and have fun with, and that people are able to escape with. Peter Berg successful fun people Hollywood is not stupid, contrary to popular belief; it's really a lot of intelligent people trying to figure things out. Peter Berg intelligent stupid people We're both [with Mark Wahlberg] capable of being sarcastic, vicious, violent lunatics, but we hold each other in check, appeal to the best aspects of each other. Peter Berg checks violent sarcastic Young kids should probably not play tackle football. I know this intellectually, but emotionally, I'm conflicted. I love this sport. I grew up playing and adoring football. I love the brotherhood, teamwork, athletic grace that borders on superhuman, grit, pressure and, yes, contact. I love the contact. Peter Berg grace teamwork love football We will play football. We will box and play lacrosse and ice hockey and snowboard and surf and drive fast cars, climb trees, and do dozens of things that we know are potentially concussive. We will do this because we are human and animals, and we like speed and contact and aggressive maneuvering and all such things. Peter Berg climb drive know football Boxing is not always about standing in the middle going toe to toe. It's about poise and grace under extreme pressure. Peter Berg always boxing grace pressure Before boxing, I was this angry kid ready to fight if someone said, 'Hello.' Peter Berg someone fight angry boxing The SEALs rarely call the Taliban 'terrorists' because they respect them as worthy opponents. Peter Berg call because respect worthy Life is, and should be, a little hard. Getting punched in the face or getting an occasional concussion will probably happen to us all at some point in our lives. We can handle it. Peter Berg face will hard life When I look back at it, I'm mostly amazed at how poorly it was shot. David Kelley is a great writer, and I thought the scripts were great, but it just looks so cheap. Peter Berg thought great look looks Then they started pulling me in and I was very resistant. All the other actors would be saying write more, more dialogue for me, and I'd always be saying 'No, less, less'. Peter Berg saying more me always
