Peter Berg Quotes (20 Quotes)

There's a picture of the real Coach Gary Gaines in the book and he's sitting in the locker room after a game, and he just looks so much like Billy Bob, that we went to him.

You might make a lot of money, but it's very hard to get out from under that rug. The more you can reinvent yourself, the better - and unfortunately TV is designed not to let you redesign yourself.

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

I know that the last campaign involved extraordinary amounts of money, ... I have no intention of trying to match that.

The thing with Michael Mann is called The Kingdom, about an American FBI agent who goes to Saudi Arabia to investigate a bombing.

We felt like we could handle the action but it would be more of a challenge to find the humor,

Then they started pulling me in and I was very resistant. All the other actors would be saying write more, more dialogue for me, and I'd always be saying 'No, less, less'.

Truth is, we offered it to Tom Hanks, which pretty much every movie in America does, but Tom passed. Billy Bob said that Hanks recently called and said he's voting for all of us for Oscars, he loved the film.

I look at Zach Braff, who did Garden State, which was just great, and he plays a doctor on TV, and I bet he's thinking the same thing.

I think it forced us to be more creative. It's like, 'Let's take the guns off the table and see what else we can think of.' Then you come up with an idea like, 'I'd rather see him attacked by a bunch of sex-crazed monkeys than a bunch of bullets,'

purpose is to provide a catalyst for honest dialogue about the often misunderstood and inaccurately represented world of the mentally ill.

If the monkey feels comfortable, the monkey will hump him if he doesn't feel comfortable, the monkey will kill him,

Michael Mann's always been one of my heroes.

None of it felt that original to me in theory. We had to do some things differently if we were going to carve our own space,

What kind of town do we want in the future, and how are we going to plan on that?

This is a special time for young men, a special moment in life. It's very compelling.

Penny and I have been friends for 20 years. We have a very good relationship. I'm very proud of our entire ticket.

When I look back at it, I'm mostly amazed at how poorly it was shot. David Kelley is a great writer, and I thought the scripts were great, but it just looks so cheap.

Coach Mack Brown embodies the spirit not only of football, but healthy sports competition in America. We're thrilled and honored to have him on our show.

I spent time in Odessa with the Permian Panthers and here with the Westlake Chaparrals, and that really hooked me. Every Friday I flew from L.A. to Austin to see a high-school football game. My friends thought I was crazy, but it really got into my blood and transcended sport.