Tom Berenger /Thomas Michael Moore/ quotes Director of 'Roger and Me' (1989) Born: 05/31/1950 Country: usa

• An actress is doing a real balancing act-trying to be married and have children, so you don't go out drinking with a bunch of guys till 2 a.m. Women are a little more tender. (Tom Berenger) [women/more]
• Around mid-life everyone goes maniac a little bit. (Tom Berenger) [maniac]
• As I get older, I could see myself doing washed-out drunks or jaded, bitter has-beens. I became an actor because I found all these people interesting. (Tom Berenger) [people]
• At the time, I felt, I'm so young and this is so big that I don't really have any control over it! (Tom Berenger) [time/control]
• Charlie Sheen is a real gentleman. Tom Cruise was a real prince. I'm really knocked out about how disciplined these guys are-they're not as wild as our group used to be. No booze, no drugs-these guys are athletes. (Tom Berenger) [wild/group]
• Debra Winger and I did a scene in the farmhouse. I don't know what she was talking about-we were both so tired-but she gets more and more slap-happy when she gets tired. (Tom Berenger) [more/more]
• Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be. (Tom Berenger)
• Even if you're tired, it's a joy being with children. You have to give all the time, but you can't complain. It has its rewards. (Tom Berenger) [joy/being/give/time]
• Even my agents say, We don't know what this business is anymore. (Tom Berenger) [business]
• 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) [movie/action/actors]
• For some reason, I don't feel comfortable doing romance any more. I prefer doing Gene Hackman or Spencer Tracy-type of things. (Tom Berenger) [more]
• I came in on the tail end of the old school of Hollywood. (Tom Berenger) [start/school]
• 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. (Tom Berenger) [remember/state]
• I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead. (Tom Berenger) [care/being/role]
• 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. (Tom Berenger) [think/director/think/health]
• 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. (Tom Berenger) [more/difference/women/take]
• I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders. (Tom Berenger)
• I guess if I weren't an actor, I'd be a history professor. (Tom Berenger)
• 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) [books/time]
• I hate to use Hitchcock's name, but this is a Hitchcockian thriller, in the style of Rear Window and Vertigo. It's written in a way that evokes him. (Tom Berenger) [literary style]
• 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) [family/time/day]
• I like playing flawed characters, people who aren't perfect. (Tom Berenger) [people/perfect]
• 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) [remember/phone]
• I tried out for a play and got the part and got into it. I was 19 or 20. At the time I thought I would be a journalist. (Tom Berenger) [time]
• 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)
• I was so exhausted after fighting for the project for five years, shooting it was like the Bataan Death March. (Tom Berenger) [death]
• I went to John Milius, the director, and he went for it. He's a Roosevelt freak. Teddy was his hero as a kid. (Tom Berenger) [director]
• 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) [more/rebellion]
• I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time. (Tom Berenger) [career/time]
• I've done about six comedies. Oddly enough, the script came to me from one of the guys in Platoon. (Tom Berenger)
• In this industry, the new owners prefer to kill anything they weren't responsible for. (Tom Berenger)

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