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

Quote by R Lee Ermey

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I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.

I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.

I got to write most of everything I said.

I got to write most of everything I said.

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.

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

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

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

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

We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of...

We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of...

I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day...

I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day...

There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years.

There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years.

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past...

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past...

There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.

There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.

Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many...

Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many...

Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime...

Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime...

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

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

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

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

Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that...

Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that...

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

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

The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.

The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.

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

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

When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's...

When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's...