Top 43 Quotes by 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.

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

I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character.

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

The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.

I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.

I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.

I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running.

Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.