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I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.

I returned to Vietnam in '94, and even then, all those decades later, walking around that place, I remained afraid. And, in some ways, rightly so.

Working-class, blue-collar guys who volunteered for Vietnam were ascribed certain political beliefs. It's time that this was redressed. It had nothing to do with politics. Once these men got to Vietnam, it was a matter of survival.

The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived.

I simply told people what I thought about the state of the war in Vietnam, and it was that we better get out of this.

Frankly, I would not have made any difference in Vietnam, but much more is what difference it would have made in me.

I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were losing control because they were up against a world they really didn't understand.

I'm from the Vietnam generation. I didn't serve.

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

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them.