“Stanley Kubrick had nothing but praise for R. Lee Ermey’s skills as a performer. Kubrick originally was going to write dialogue for Ermey’s character himself, but he became so impressed with what Ermey improvised, that he decided it wasn’t necessary. He just let him ad-lib, something practically unheard of for a Stanley Kubrick film. Ermey’s performances were so faultless that Kubrick only needed 2-3 takes to get his scenes filmed, also extremely rare for a Kubrick film.”
(via soul-surfer)
