And the more I read and began to understand, the more I admired him.
— Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen)
6 seconds sound clip from the Apocalypse Now movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:01:18 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- What did he see here that first tour?
- Thirty-eight fucking years old.
- If you joined the Green Berets, there was no way you'd ever get above colonel.
- Kurtz knew what he was giving up.
- And the more I read and began to understand, the more I admired him.
- His family and friends couldn't understand it, and they couldn't talk him out of it.
- He had to apply three times and he put up with a ton of shit.
- But when he threatened to resign, they gave it to him.
- The next youngest guy in his class was half his age.
[...]