Erik Palladino Quotations

Over There ... the most profound experience for me as an actor ever. This show is so about what these guys are going through and what their families are going through while they're fighting. I can't tell you how many letters I've gotten from military families saying things like, 'At least someone is telling our story.' Some of these soldiers feel a little bit forgotten, and I had one Marine write to say, 'If it takes a TV show to make people a little more aware, then so be it.'

Our feelings politically about war have stayed the same. We have a general code, we don't really talk about it.

They were 12- to 13-hour days. But the camaraderie on this set was unlike any other experience I've had before as an actor. We started this project in January and we finished up in September. That's nine months of working hard. But, in some ways, we bonded like a real squad would have.

the level of bravery that's required for what they're doing in Iraq day in and day out. It's amazing what these guys go through. We can sit at home and watch it on the news and do a TV show, but at the end of the day these men and women are putting their lives on the line every day and that's very difficult And to do it with as much honor as most of them do it with is something we should never forget.