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

Sometimes I think I'm real predictable to myself and other times... you always wonder, Is this really what I wanted to do? Did I make a mistake? Should I be doing something else?

These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don't even run in theaters very long anymore before going right to television.

I had already done a lot of research for Rough Riders, keeping notebooks and old photographs. Some of the books were antiques for that time period, with the covers falling off.

You realize just how long youve been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can get access to local calls.

The Big Chill is one of those things that everybody can identify with. Between eight characters, they can pick somebody who's somewhat like them

We had training camp for a week, and we used the actual military drills of that period. We didn't have to work out much after hours, because going up and down hills all day was a good workout in itself.