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[When making movies I] set out to be authentic to [myself] and to put it down the way [I] feel it and know it and interpret it. And then others sometimes key into it and get it.

Oliver Stone

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Oliver Stone
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: September 15
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New York City
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William Oliver Stone
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I'm trying to understand my life. The one that I've experienced.
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Just because we live in a Christian era doesn't mean we're all Christian, necessarily.
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I'm a dramatist. Dramatists have a right to look at history and interpret it the way they see it.
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I gave up on America. I read the Times just to find out what they're thinking. I read blogs. I get most of my best information from people who are there, people who write independently. And there's actually very few of them.
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We pray for no destruction, and for the forces of destruction not to take over.
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Concepts of integrity and heroism and honor are still important to the world today. Some people behave well, and some people behave badly.
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You do the best job you can. You take it step by step. It's hard enough to make a movie. If it works, that's great. If it means something beyond the moment to somebody, they can take it and it lasts through the years, we'll see.
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I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.
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I don't think most people in the US realize how important WikiLeaks is and why Julian's case needs support.
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I'm more comfortable with simplicity as I get older.
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I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.
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