So to be standing here, this was really, truly, honestly never part of anything we even imagined in our wildest dreams.

The fact is that war films, by their very nature, are pitched at a high dramatic range.

Ever since 9/11, I found myself interested in chronicling the war and the war on terror and the way that this giant machinery was affecting individuals.

I had an eye-opening experience in Baghdad at the end of 2004 and I thought that the story of these guys who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world would be an interesting way to look at the war in a broader sense.

I actually think every war movie is an antiwar movie in its own way - with the exception of some of the propaganda movies.

You're trying to dramatize events to tell a story most effectively. That doesn't mean the events aren't true, it just means you're making them as dramatic as you possibly can.

I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end.