Facts about Oliver Stone

Occup.Director
FromUSA
BornSeptember 15, 1946
Age77 years

Summary

Oliver Stone is a famous Director from USA, he/she is 77 years old and still alive, born September 15, 1946.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac virgo, who is known for Analyzing, Practical, Reflective, Observation, Thoughtful. Our collection contains 30 quotes who is written / told by Oliver.

Related authors: Bai Ling (Actress), Tom Sizemore (Actor), Colin Farrell (Actor)

30 Famous quotes by Oliver Stone

Small: Theres an electrical thing about movies
"There's an electrical thing about movies"
Small: Id like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene youd sort of feel that you were in t
"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"
Small: I would vote for the man whos lived life, whos done different occupations, whos been out in the real wo
"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"
Small: Anybody whos been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. theyve thought murder. The line be
"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"
Small: I will come out with my interpretation. If Im wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history
"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"
Small: I have the right to interpretation as a dramatist. I research. Its my responsibility to find the resear
"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"
Small: Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe thats wh
"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"
Small: A woman can be very beautiful and an ideal model and she will photograph incredibly well, but shell app
"A woman can be very beautiful and an ideal model and she will photograph incredibly well, but she'll appear in film and it won't work. What works is some fusion of physical beauty with some mental field or whatever you call it. I don't know"
Small: Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that
"Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that"
Small: In any film theres always a historical implication
"In any film there's always a historical implication"
Small: Im terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily
"I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily"
Small: Id love to do historical pictures more, but I dont know if I can
"I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can"
Small: I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history
"I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history"
Small: I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist Im a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does
"I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history"
Small: One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that
"One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that"
Small: But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian worth his salt, a
"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"
Small: Lunch is for wimps
"Lunch is for wimps"
Small: Ive met people who will go to a movie that I cant stand and they say that they saw that movie ten times
"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"
Small: I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressi
"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"
Small: I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power
"I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power"
Small: I study history in order to give an interpretation
"I study history in order to give an interpretation"
Small: Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of movies
"Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of movies"
Small: Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefu
"Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate with the background of the social situation that people can recognize"
Small: Its interesting that when economic times were the hardest, thats when many people embraced liberalism
"It's interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that's when many people embraced liberalism"
Small: If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, thats great.
"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"
Small: Ive been to war, and its not easy to kill. Its bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequ
"I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious"
Small: I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations
"I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations"
Small: One of my fantasies in my life has been that I was granted access with a camera to go back in time, and
"One of my fantasies in my life has been that I was granted access with a camera to go back in time, and to film the actual campaign of Alexander crossing into India through Iran and Persia"
Small: I do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and they lead. The Lincolns o
"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"
Small: But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with edi
"But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing"