Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stoneis an American film director, screenwriter, and producer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth15 September 1946
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
scary way done
Obama took a bad situation and, in certain ways, made it worse. ... I find Obama scary in a way that I had not done in 2008.
fun nuts would-be
Conspiracy nut, leftist, madman. These are terms of dismissal so you don't have to listen to the argument. It would be healthier and more fun to hear what someone has to say.
media issues perspective
What scares me most about the media is that so many of them don't realize that by presenting and highlighting certain issues, opinions, and perspectives over others, they can manipulate and control people's beliefs in subtle ways.
keys way sometimes
[When making movies I] set out to be authentic to [myself] and to put it down the way [I] feel it and know it and interpret it. And then others sometimes key into it and get it.
writing ass chairs
writing = ass + chair
greed evolution humans
There is nothing inherently wrong with greed as a human motivator-greed motivating evolution.
government people venezuela
Venezuela is a democratically elected government. These people who keep protesting are sore losers,
strong war winning
If we [Americans] are a strong people, a united people, why do we always have to hear how great we are? What is this self-love? Where does this come from? It got worse, because after the war we thought we'd won it. That's the first myth. Frankly, Russia won it. The Soviet Union sacrificed far greater form than anyone else to win that war. Secondly, we had the atomic bomb. We should not have dropped it on Japan. We did as an example to the Soviets, not to defeat Japan and to save American lives. These are myths that we explode with a lot of research early on.
writing secret ass
The secret to writing a screenplay is keeping your ass in the chair.
missing next popcorn
I make my films like you're going to die if you miss the next minute. You better not go get popcorn.
independence mind spirit
Independence is a state of mind. Independence is spirit without category.
strong character people
Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate with the background of the social situation that people can recognize.
gun vietnam weapons
I like automatic weapons. I fought for my right to use them in Vietnam.
feelings age would-be
I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd sort of feel that you were in the 12th century. That would be great to get that feeling.