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I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character.
R. Lee Ermey
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R. Lee Ermey
Age: 74 †
Born: 1944
Born: March 24
Died: 2018
Died: April 15
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I was stationed at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego from 1965 to 1967.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.
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Communications are better now than in my Vietnam days.
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Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.
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That's all I cared about too, was getting it right.
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I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.
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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.
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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.
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There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better.
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Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.
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The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.
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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.
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Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
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Try as you may, you can never defy love.
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You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corps because of something that I said or did.
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I spend a lot of time with my characters.
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This is for fighting, this is for fun.
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