Russell Crowe

I need a bit of a break, you know.

Yeah.

Well, just think about that, because, you know, in my lifetime.

You know, when I was a little boy and I'm watching the news at night with my parents, there's Vietnam footage.

You know, I see the Anzac Day, which is Australian New Zealand version of Memorial Day.

I see those marches every year, the old soldiers getting together.

That history is so fresh.

I'm surrounded by older people who fought in the war in World War I. And then there's another generation of guys who still appear to be young and they fought in World War II.

And now I'm watching Australia at war because we've been through Korea and now Australia is at war in Vietnam.

I'm seeing that on the nightly news.

So at the age of six, seven, eight, I believe I'm going to be a soldier.

And everybody at school believes they're going to be a soldier because that's what we do.

You know?

Because our parents' generation are connected to the Second World War.

Our grandparents' generation is connected to the First World War.

And here it is.

We've now got this new war.

Right.

So...

It was very definitely part of the cultural upbringing.