...childish, selfish, immature - that's right, I am. But do you know how much money I make for thinking this way?

When I was a kid I drew like Michelangelo. It took me years to learn to draw like a kid.

Boyishness—by which I mean animal life in its fullest measure, good nature and honest impulses, hatred of injustice and meanness, and thoughtlessness enough to sink a three-decker.

What we're doing with Band of Brothers is trying to put it into human terms, so it is not just a flickering, black and white myth on a screen, it is a resonant story. I want the audience to recognize themselves in these men. They're not just mythic heroes.

We don't have a host and it's hard to vote yourself off the island when you're the only one on it.

When I was growing up, everybody in charge, my parents and teachers, had all survived the war, and they talked about the war like it was the Kraken - you know, this huge beast that roamed the earth during their formative years.