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.
OLIVER STONEI look at Homer and The Odyssey and all the disparate adventures this guy goes through, and then he returns home and the question is, is he the same man who left?
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It’s interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that’s when many people embraced liberalism.
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Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
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Football is mesmerizing, because it’s a figurative war. You go in one direction till you get there, but you get there as a team, not as an individual. Players bond whether they’re black or white, much as soldiers do.
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It was a tough experience with Alan Horn, who didn’t like anything that was R-rated. So you can imagine he hated some of my films.
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In digital, you can maintain the quality.
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I do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and they lead. The Lincolns of the world, the Alexander the Greats, they do exist. They have existed.
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For some reason, television still bores me. Even the best shows.
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I’m trying to understand my life. The one that I’ve experienced.
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I’ve changed my style constantly, so I’m not sure I have one defined style, except perhaps style of subject matter.
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We all know what we know. We experience with our minds and breath.
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I’d rather get past the tyranny of now, where you get judged for something based on what’s happening at the moment.
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Each actor requires a different language.
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The Greek playwrights, we’re all beholden to them, every one of us.
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What needs to happen is more of a global understanding, and I believe the United States can work as a global partner and not be the hegemon.
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I’m more comfortable with simplicity as I get older.
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