I didn't know how to go about preparing for the part of someone who can't remember who he is. The frustration angle is written in, but there's also this incredible passive state

I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders

I've done about six comedies. Oddly enough, the script came to me from one of the guys in Platoon

Rough Riders took 13 weeks to shoot, plus a week of training. The same guy trained us trained the cast in Platoon. Except, instead of radios, we used bugles to signal

You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero.

I like playing flawed characters, people who aren't perfect.

Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be