Tom Berenger Quotes

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• There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress

  Tom Berenger

  Stress, Tired, Pressure

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• In this industry, the new owners prefer to kill anything they weren't responsible for.

  Tom Berenger

  Responsible, Owners, Industry

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• Most of what gets made now, you laugh your way through, go home and forget you've seen it.

  Tom Berenger

  Home, Laughing, Way

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Tom Berenger

  Hero, Thinking, Cartoon

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• 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.

  Tom Berenger

  Running, Years, Long

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Tom Berenger

  Talking, Stories, Actors

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• I was kind of confused. I thought, Well, if I get drafted, I'll go. Everybody was very concerned with it. I had friends who went. Some that came back and some that didn't

  Tom Berenger

  Confused, Kind, Wells

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

  Tom Berenger

  Character, People, Perfect

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• I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead

  Tom Berenger

  Stars, Roles, Care

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• I remember seeing Bill Hurt in New York once. I talked to him on the phone around 1988 and that's about it. I was shooting in New York and somebody said Glenn Close came by the set

  Tom Berenger

  Hurt, New York, Phones

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• I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time

  Tom Berenger

  Careers, Satisfied, Percent

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• I wrote a script. I actually enjoyed writing it more than acting. It's about the Irish rebellion of 1920, which is a fascinating period and place for me

  Tom Berenger

  Writing, Acting, Scripts

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• I have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense period of time. I'm with them every minute of the day

  Tom Berenger

  Summer, Real, Kids

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• 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.

  Tom Berenger

  Workout, Military, Work Out

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• Every other movie is one of those action things. I mean, 'Lost in Space'? A bunch of good actors running around shooting at special effects on a soundstage? I took my kids to see that and felt like I was on an acid trip.

  Tom Berenger

  Running, Travel, Mean

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

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  Frustration, Remember, Incredibles

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• I guess if I weren't an actor, I'd be a history professor

  Tom Berenger

  Actors, Professors, Ifs

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• Around mid-life everyone goes maniac a little bit.

  Tom Berenger

  Littles, Maniacs, Bits

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• This is all new to me, these re-releases. I don't know how these things do. I don't know if it will be people who saw it originally or young people

  Tom Berenger

  People, Saws, Release

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• I don't think a director should have any kids. I don't even think it's good for your physical health. Even guys in their 30s look exhausted because directors never get enough sleep. What I do is stressful enough

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  Sleep, Kids, Thinking

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• Take characters that Nicholson or De Niro play: they're not always tough

  Tom Berenger

  Character, Play, Tough

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• 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.

  Tom Berenger

  Notebook, Fall, Done

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• While I was doing these plays in the beginning, I wasn't getting paid. I thought of it more as a hobby. Then I realized how seriously a lot of these people took what they were doing

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  Play, People, Hobbies

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• I feel more comfortable doing films with groups of guys. It's a lot easier for me. There's a difference with women: you can't take them to dinner every night and go crazy

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  Crazy, Night, Differences

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

  Tom Berenger

  Way, Should, Performances

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