16 Oliver Stone Quotes for You to Enjoy

Oliver Stone

American Director

Born: Sep 15, 1946

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Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that. Oliver Stone

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When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process. Oliver Stone

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You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed. Oliver Stone

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I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressive and at the same time we have to retain values. We have to hold onto the past as we explore the future. Oliver Stone

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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. Oliver Stone

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If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's great. You should be praised for having opened the debate and having asked the right questions. Oliver Stone

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It's interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that's when many people embraced liberalism. Oliver Stone

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But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian worth his salt, and this is where I fault Stephen Ambrose and a lot of these guys who attack me - not all of life is a result of conspiracy by any means! Accident occurs alongside conspiracy. Oliver Stone

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I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can. Oliver Stone

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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 Stone

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I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history. Oliver Stone

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I study history in order to give an interpretation. Oliver Stone

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