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

Quote by Oliver Stone

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

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

Forget the grand plan. Forget the master scheme. Forget control. That is the bleak but...

Forget the grand plan. Forget the master scheme. Forget control. That is the bleak but...

I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been...

I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been...

Anybody who's been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they've thought...

Anybody who's been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they've thought...

Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of...

Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of...

I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to...

I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to...

I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a...

I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a...

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

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

I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.

I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.

You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete...

You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete...

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian...

But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian...

I've met people who will go to a movie that I can't stand and they...

I've met people who will go to a movie that I can't stand and they...

Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can...

Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can...

I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd...

I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd...

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

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

Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard...

Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard...

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to...

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to...

I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they...

I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they...

I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part...

I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part...