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 STONEJFK was leading the world, leading the United States into a new position with the Soviet Union. He was calling for the end of the Cold War. He would have been reelected in 1964 because he was vastly popular.
More Oliver Stone Quotes
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I’ve met people who will go to a movie that I can’t stand and they say that they saw that movie ten times. There’s something they like and identified in that movie, and I don’t see it.
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We have enormous challenges in front of us.
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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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When you look at a movie, you look at a director’s thought process.
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I like automatic weapons. I fought for my right to use them in Vietnam.
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For some reason, television still bores me. Even the best shows.
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I think our life is a series of adventures.
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Each actor requires a different language.
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As a dramatist, I don’t have politics.
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I make my films like you’re going to die if you miss the next minute. You better not go get popcorn.
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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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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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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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writing = ass + chair
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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.
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