Quotes from Peter Berg

I'm a huge sports fan. I love the psychology of athletes and the culture of athletics. I'm constantly drawn to those kinds of stories.

If I could find a way to make a film that takes you into the mind of a fighter, where you have 36 minutes of combat with so many different emotions, so many highs and lows, so many obstacles to overcome, I'd do that.

It's always an interesting sort of adventures that gets someone into a movie.

I don't like alien films where you don't get to see the aliens.

I love actors. I'm empathetic to them. I understand what they go through. But I didn't want to be an actor.

The more you learn about the science of boxing, the more appreciation you have for man's ability to think and perform in violent situations, and that's what interests me in film.

I'm a huge fan of the Navy. My father was a Naval historian, and I've been studying Naval battles forever.

I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think.

I'm pretty upfront about my love and admiration for the military. One of the perks of making movies is that you get to sort of follow your own passions, and I believe quite passionately that we don't pay enough attention and respect to our veterans. Not just our wounded veterans, but all veterans.