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
storyteller
I am a storyteller, and I do love ideas.
integrity people honor
Concepts of integrity and heroism and honor are still important to the world today. Some people behave well, and some people behave badly.
interview spanish television
I am here to interview Fidel for Spanish television,
praying destruction
We pray for no destruction, and for the forces of destruction not to take over.
simplicity
I'm more comfortable with simplicity as I get older.
ego honor
My ego is nothing - look what Alexander the Great achieved. And I felt he was a figure outside time, a figure we don't even understand, because he's frankly pre-Christian, and his concepts of honor go back to Homer.
i-am-what-i-am
I feel like I am what I am.
sweat worst-nightmares vietnam
The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.
tragedy digital film
My protest against digital has been me saying, "What's going to happen to film?" The result is that Kodak is out of business. That's a national tragedy. We've got to keep making film.
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.
greed evolution humans
There is nothing inherently wrong with greed as a human motivator-greed motivating evolution.
independence mind spirit
Independence is a state of mind. Independence is spirit without category.
dramatic
I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.