R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey
Ronald Lee Ermey, known professionally as R. Lee Ermey, is an American actor, best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He is a retired United States Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant; during his tenure in the U.S. Marine Corps, he served as a drill instructor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth24 March 1944
CountryUnited States of America
R. Lee Ermey quotes about
The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.
Try as you may, you can never defy love.
I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.
It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.
Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair.
Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.
For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.