Be Really Picky With Your Hiring, And

I'm A Huge Fan Of The Navy. My Father Was A Naval Historian, And I've Been Studying Naval Battles Forever.

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.

I Tend To Not Have To Handle Things That Are Probably Gonna End Up Being Irrelevant, That Aren't Gonna Have Much To Do With The Film. I Have Probably A Better Understanding Of Really What Does Matter, When To Pick My Battles And When To Kind Of Let Them Go.

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.

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?