Peter Berg Quotes - Page 2

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• Michael Mann's always been one of my heroes.

  Peter Berg

  Hero, Firefighter, My Hero

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• What first caught my eye about Rihanna was an interview she did with Diane Sawyer after the Chris Brown incident, where she was very articulate, very poised, obviously a smart girl who talked about a very traumatic experience.

  Peter Berg

  Girl, Smart, Eye

  "Why Did You Cast A Massive Music Superstar In What Amounts To A Run-And-Gun Supporting Role?" by Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. May 17, 2012.

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• I think musicians oftentimes have the right skill set to be good actors. And with Rihanna, I noticed her and knew of her obviously, and was very taken with her charisma and her confidence.

  Peter Berg

  Taken, Thinking, Skills

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• You're in the middle of making a movie and this part of the process is always very interesting. Because you think what you're making your movie is and then you start putting it out there, and then people tell you what your movie is.

  Peter Berg

  Thinking, People, Interesting

  Source: collider.com

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• I've spent enough time with soldiers to know that once they get to know you and they loosen up and become themselves, they are some of the biggest hams and most charismatic, cocky, fun, humorous guys I've ever met.

  Peter Berg

  Fun, Humorous, Cocky

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• I like films that are about two hours not more.

  Peter Berg

  Two, Film, Hours

  Source: collider.com

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• I was in New York 9/11. Mark's [Wahlberg] from Boston, flew there immediately after. I was in Nice Bastille Day when the truck drove through and killed all these people. It's the new reality, unfortunately. The idea of trying to explore how we process this kind of event, how we survive emotionally, what we tell our kids: That was the movie [Patriots Day] we wanted to make.

  Peter Berg

  New York, Nice, Kids

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• There's no hidden agenda, no political agenda [in Patriots Day]. The only politics we were really talking about was the politics of community, the politics of social love.

  Peter Berg

  Talking, Community, Political

  Source: ew.com

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• 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.

  Peter Berg

  Might, Tvs, Reinventing Yourself

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• I think the biggest challenge was being aware of a certain audience that was going to see this film [lone survivor]. There's a big difference from a typical movie, journalists and critics and film goers that go see it find that, that's the general experience you have as a filmmaker. So that just kind of proves my point that there's a really different audience.

  Peter Berg

  Thinking, Differences, Challenges

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

  Peter Berg

  Real, Book, Games

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

  Peter Berg

  Adventure, Interesting

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• I wanted to do a naval film and I flirted with different ideas, most of which ended up being too intense. So when the idea of 'Battleship' was first suggested, I was instantly drawn to the challenge - could I invent a movie around the idea of five ships fighting five ships?

  Peter Berg

  Fighting, Different Ideas, Challenges

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

  Peter Berg

  Father, Forever, Navy

  "Brooklyn Decker and Director Peter Berg Talk BATTLESHIP, Naval Warfare and the Design of the Aliens at WonderCon". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 19, 2012.

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• The first movie I literally ever made in my life was about two guys playing Stratego with each other. I had all my friends dressing up like the military characters in the game. So 'Battleship' is really my second board game turned movie!

  Peter Berg

  Military, Character, Two

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• One of the things that's fascinating about making movies is a movie when it's done and you start showing it to people, it reveals its impact, which is often times not what you thought.

  Peter Berg

  Impact, People, Done

  Source: collider.com

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• I had great luck with Tim McGraw twice in 'Friday Night Lights' and 'The Kingdom.' I love finding off-beat casting and finding someone you know in one way and you reinvent them in another way. I like doing that as a director.

  Peter Berg

  Friday, Night, Light

  "Why Did You Cast A Massive Music Superstar In What Amounts To A Run-And-Gun Supporting Role?" by Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. May 17, 2012.

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• The big fun in Battleship is that there are no current battleships in the Navy today. The battleships are about 1,000 feet long and they have huge guns. They were what you saw in WWII. The last battleship that was used was the Missouri, which is what the Japanese surrendered to...

  Peter Berg

  Fun, Gun, Feet

  "Brooklyn Decker and Director Peter Berg Talk BATTLESHIP, Naval Warfare and the Design of the Aliens at WonderCon". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 19, 2012.

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• The way you set up for a sequel is by having a successful film. The focus is on making a successful film, and making a film that travels around the world, and that people enjoy and have fun with, and that people are able to escape with.

  Peter Berg

  Fun, Successful, People

  "Peter Berg Talks BATTLESHIP, the FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Movie, and the Upcoming NBC Series PRIME SUSPECT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 01, 2011.

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• To get audiences to go see a film is a completely separate issue.

  Peter Berg

  Issues, Film, Audience

  Source: collider.com

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