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I have no interest in making a 'Vietnam' film, no interest in making a direct political statement.

Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!

My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it.

I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam.

It is the idea that it's a movie in a movie. So I did it.

You don't make a movie, the movie makes you.

With Vietnam, the Iraq War, so many American films about war are almost always from the American point of view. You almost never have a Middle Eastern character by name with a story.

Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie.

I never thought I would be in a film.