Barry Pepper movie quotes

“Some had families waiting. For others, their only family would be the men they bled beside. There were no bands, no flags, no Honor Guards to welcome them home. They went to war because their country ordered them to. But in the end, they fought not for their country or their flag, they fought for each other.”

Barry Pepper - Joe Galloway

“These are the true events of November, 1965, in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. A place our country does not remember, in a war it does not understand.”

Barry Pepper - Joe Galloway

“We were soldiers once, and young.”
Barry Pepper - Joe Galloway

“- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: I'll never forgive myself.
- Joe Galloway: For what, sir?
- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: That my men died and I didn't.”
Mel Gibson - Lt. Col. Hal Moore
Barry Pepper - Joe Galloway

“O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me.”

Barry Pepper - Private Jackson

“We who have seen war will never stop seeing it. In the silence of the night we will always hear the screams.”
Barry Pepper - Joe Galloway

“I'm Irish. I can't get drunk.”
Barry Pepper - Frank Slaughtery

“Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard.”
Barry Pepper

“Westerns are very difficult to predict whether they'll reach an audience or not.”
Barry Pepper

“I identify with the Clint Eastwoods and Harrison Fords. Those are my heroes.”
Barry Pepper

“Well, I'm Canadian. True, north, strong, and free.”
Barry Pepper

“- Mattie Ross: Do you need a good lawyer?
- Lucky Ned Pepper: I need a good judge...”
Hailee Steinfeld - Mattie Ross
Barry Pepper - Lucky Ned Pepper

So the guy tells me "Hey, Rog, would you sign an X for my kid?". I sign X and the son of a bitch takes off! I was going to give him a real autograph, I was just kidding around! We win the most important game of the season and this is the horseshit they write about?
Barry Pepper - Roger Maris

“- Lucky Ned Pepper: Most girls like to play pretties, but you like guns do you?
- Mattie Ross: I do not care a thing about guns, if I did, I would have one that worked.”
Barry Pepper - Lucky Ned Pepper
Hailee Steinfeld - Mattie Ross

You know what a man should never ask in a Victoria's Secret shop? "Does this come in children's sizes?".
Barry Pepper - Frank Slaughtery

“I already gave them my word. I told them I'd bring them all home to their mothers, which means I already lied to half of them. Can't lie to the rest.”

Barry Pepper - Mike Strank

“- Franklin Sousley: Where do you think they're sending us?
- Mike Strank: I think it's the desert. It's just military psychology. They always train you for the desert on a volcano.”
Joseph Cross - Franklin Sousley
Barry Pepper - Mike Strank

“- Terl: Why don't you vaporize me?
- Jonnie Goodboy Tyler: Leverage.”
John Travolta - Terl
Barry Pepper - Jonnie Goodboy Tyler

“- Milt Kahn: Do you think you earned their respect out there today?
- Roger Maris: Milt, I don't think that's something you earn on a ballfield.”

Richard Masur - Milt Kahn
Barry Pepper - Roger Maris

“- Roger Maris: Mick, did you ever stop and think, if you took better care of yourself, you wouldn't be getting hurt all the time. Did you see what you did out there today with only one arm, and tonight you're out screwing around! How can you do that? You're Mickey Mantle for Christ's Sake!
- Mickey Mantle: What's that supposed to mean huh? What...” (continue)(continue reading)
Barry Pepper - Roger Maris
Thomas Jane - Mickey Mantle

“- Robert Clayton Dean: I was shopping for some lingerie. That's still legal, isn't it?
- David Pratt: Were you buying that for your wife?
- Robert Clayton Dean: No, I was picking something up for myself, I do a little cross dressing on the weekends. You know, you'd be surprised how a nice pair of edible panties can make a guy feel sexy.”
Will Smith - Robert Clayton Dean
Barry Pepper - David Pratt