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
people acting way
We are seeing entertainment become politics and we're seeing people acting out in ways that are extremely violent and destabilizing. No rules apply. We're in an era of no rules now, it seems.
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I suppose in our culture - in our lifetime - we've always enjoyed people who tell it straight. We like our presidents, our comedians, and our actors to do that . . . It's funny. You say that people prefer a tasteful formalism - as opposed to an oppressive formalism - but I do feel very strongly that form follows function.
country america people
When you look at the global situation, if America learned to be one of the many countries in the world and to find its way to cooperate with people and bring a global peace that could bring great prosperity to this globe, there is still a chance of that, and that's a big lesson from history. We are not paying attention to that.
men thinking people
I guess you could say Alexander the Great was a man who completely transported me and moved me and inspired me because of his idealism, and I'd go back to the Greeks, and I always liked Homer and all the philosophers and their way of thinking and their concept of honor. I think their concept of honor does apply to the modern age, and certain people that walk around are pre-Christian.
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.
thinking people misunderstood
I think a lot of people misunderstand what I'm doing, because my films are not easy sometimes. They do deserve a second viewing. I think they get misunderstood easily.
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People are still living in the moment, and they feel the passion of now.
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I do have a side as a citizen, and I've always expressed it, and that's where I've gotten into misunderstandings, because some people see me as a leftist nut or whatever. A conspiracy nut. All that stuff. These are definitions that don't really apply to a dramatist, because a dramatist is working from empathy.
thinking people
I think there's a whole older generation that will go to movies still. People like me; people over 45.
dirty people
People will go to clean theaters; they don't like to go to dirty theaters.
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We should look to (Castro) as one of the Earth's wisest people, one of the people we should consult.
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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.
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Venezuela is a democratically elected government. These people who keep protesting are sore losers,
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.