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
responsibility research interpretation
I have the right to interpretation as a dramatist. I research. It's my responsibility to find the research. It's my responsibility to digest it and do the best that I can with it. But at a certain point that responsibility will become an interpretation.
thinking disrespect shipping
I think any filmmaker will tell you when they wandered from theater to theater to watch their prints, it was disheartening to see the poor levels of light and the disrespect for films that existed in certain theater chains. It was always inconsistent. And in the lab, too, the photochemical process was very difficult to watch, because sometimes they were shipping prints that you didn't even know were two points off or three points off. We suffered greatly to make these films, and they'd be out-of-focus, with the sound too low.
war two evil
Nationalism and patriotism are the two most evil forces that I know of in this century or in any century and cause more wars and more death and more destruction to the soul and to human life than anything else.
differences people littles
Films might get to you and your subconscious and make a little difference, but when the vigilante drum beats, the mob screams and the conformists go along with it. There have to be people who are non-conformists.
war politics serious
I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.
reason
Now with digital, we have much better projection, and if the theaters are charging higher prices but providing refreshments and a clean, well-lit theater, there's no reason why this cannot go on as a senior-citizen-driven business for years. Especially with movies for adults.
government people venezuela
Venezuela is a democratically elected government. These people who keep protesting are sore losers,
movie great-year greed
Greed-for lack of a better word-is good. Greed is right. Greed works.
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.
thinking empathy crafts
[Nixon] reduced the meaning of his life to nothing but power. In the film, we gave this sad figure consciousness of what he was. We weren't right to do that - I don't think he did have that consciousness. But we did it for movie reasons - to create empathy.
thinking people support
I don't think most people in the US realize how important WikiLeaks is and why Julian's case needs support.