Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair.

Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.

The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.

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.

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

When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.

I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.