Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
OLIVER STONEI think there is a whole older generation that will go to movies still. People like me; people over 45.
More Oliver Stone Quotes
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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 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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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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I don’t want to make a half-assed film. It’s not my area of expertise.
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Anybody who’s been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they’ve thought murder. The line between thinking murder and doing murder isn’t that major.
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People will go to clean theaters; they don’t like to go to dirty theaters.
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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.
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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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We have enormous challenges in front of us.
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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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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.
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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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This myth that America has this atomic bomb that makes us right, it makes us good, it makes us set the agenda for the world. Everywhere, we can go global, we determine.
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writing = ass + chair
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We pray for no destruction, and for the forces of destruction not to take over.
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