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
greed evolution humans
There is nothing inherently wrong with greed as a human motivator-greed motivating evolution.
trying make-sense
What I've experienced, I'm trying to put in a narrative form, I suppose, to say that it does make sense in this way.
war believe fighting
Obama is now fighting for his life. He's fighting for a federal government. I believe in a federal government. I hope it sticks around. We had the American Revolution. There was this whole tension between the federalists and the anti-federalists. Then we had the Civil War. We had Lincoln fighting for it. And the secessionists were there. And we have the same issue today.
jobs mean years
You do the best job you can. You take it step by step. It's hard enough to make a movie. If it works, that's great. If it means something beyond the moment to somebody, they can take it and it lasts through the years, we'll see.
book order shapes
You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.
historical film implications
In any film there's always a historical implication.
historical i-can knows
I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can.
believe interpretation subjects
I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.
trying
I'm trying to understand my life. The one that I've experienced.
order giving study
I study history in order to give an interpretation.
giving give-and-take interpretation
I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.
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.
storyteller
I am a storyteller, and I do love ideas.
real years perception
Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. This painting here. I bought it 10 years ago for 60 thousand dollars. I could sell it today for 600. The illusion has become real and the more real it becomes, the more desperately they want it.