Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them – maybe that’s what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
OLIVER STONEI 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.
More Oliver Stone Quotes
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There was a certain faction in America that had always been pro-Nazi, including the Allen Dulles people. These were businessmen, Wall Street men.
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Horses are very difficult to shoot.
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The truth is not being aired in the West. It’s a surreal perversion of history that’s going on once again, as in Bush pre-Iraq ‘WMD’ campaign.
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I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power.
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Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
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The Greek playwrights, we’re all beholden to them, every one of us.
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Christianity did take a lot of Greek concepts.
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I feel like I am what I am.
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When I make a new movie, I always get stuck with, “That’s not an Oliver Stone film.” But I don’t know what to do about that except just move on.
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In digital, you can maintain the quality.
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I might as well be myself. Everyone else is taken.
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When I’m working with another writer, I tend to make a lot of effort. When I collaborate with a writer, I’m not interested in credit, but I’m feeding him stuff all the time that I feel is important to shaping the script.
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I would vote for the man who’s lived life, who’s done different occupations, who’s been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I’d vote for experience, honest experience.
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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 think everyone has the same question on their mind: Is the glass half-full or half-empty?
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