![Oliver Stone Quote - [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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/nixon-reduced-the-meaning-of-his-life-to-nothing-b.jpg)
![Oliver Stone Quote - [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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/grey-nixon-reduced-the-meaning-of-his-life-to.jpg)
![Oliver Stone Quote - [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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/blue-nixon-reduced-the-meaning-of-his-life-to.jpg)
![Oliver Stone Quote - [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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/red-nixon-reduced-the-meaning-of-his-life-to.jpg)
![Oliver Stone Quote - [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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/brown-nixon-reduced-the-meaning-of-his-life-to.jpg)
![Oliver Stone Quote - [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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/white-nixon-reduced-the-meaning-of-his-life-to.jpg)
Get the overall. Some of my films may have been crude at times, or tough, or missed the points, but I’ve tried to get the overall in. I think that’s more important. You may miss a thing or two, but you move faster. If you can do it in three takes, do it in three takes.
OLIVER STONE
![Oliver Stone Quote - I went to Vietnam, and I was there for a long time. [Using marijuana] made the difference between staying human or, as Michael Douglas said, becoming a beast.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/i-went-to-vietnam-and-i-was-there-for-a-long-time--683x1024.jpg)
![Oliver Stone Quote - Bin Laden was completely protected by the oil companies in this country who told [President] Bush not to go after him because it would piss off the Saudis.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bin-laden-was-completely-protected-by-the-oil-comp-683x1024.jpg)
