Oliver Stone

I meet a lot of Hollywood directors, producers. We never talk about current events because I don't get any sense, a lot of interest in it. We always talk about artificial stuff, which is fun sometimes. It talks about movies. That's another world.

I meet a lot of Hollywood directors, producers. We never talk about current events because I don't get any sense, a lot of interest in it. We always talk about artificial stuff, which is fun sometimes. It talks about movies. That's another world.

Documentaries as a whole, I've gotten so much introduction to the world through documentaries, meeting Chavez and Castro, meeting the Israelis, meeting Putin, and nuclear energy. That was not about a person. That was about an issue. Come on, that was a very difficult movie for me to make. All I talked to was scientists.

Documentaries as a whole, I've gotten so much introduction to the world through documentaries, meeting Chavez and Castro, meeting the Israelis, meeting Putin, and nuclear energy. That was not about a person. That was about an issue. Come on, that was a very difficult movie for me to make. All I talked to was scientists.

So often it's the importance of it, you know, like to me nuclear energy was very important because we're facing climate change. If you accept that, what are we going to do? Are we providing the solution? And if you study the issue and really study it and talk to people, you have to doubt the conventional idea that we're going to be saved by renewables. It's the first thing that comes up.

So often it's the importance of it, you know, like to me nuclear energy was very important because we're facing climate change. If you accept that, what are we going to do? Are we providing the solution? And if you study the issue and really study it and talk to people, you have to doubt the conventional idea that we're going to be saved by renewables. It's the first thing that comes up.

People say, what are we doing? We still have, why are we not improving? Why is the carbon dioxide still the same? After all these renewables, after all the trillions of dollars we've spent. Look at Germany. I mean, the whole concept of going to nuclear was caused by that because we have to wake up and we don't. And that's why you have to make something because this is urgent. Look at that poster.

People say, what are we doing? We still have, why are we not improving? Why is the carbon dioxide still the same? After all these renewables, after all the trillions of dollars we've spent. Look at Germany. I mean, the whole concept of going to nuclear was caused by that because we have to wake up and we don't. And that's why you have to make something because this is urgent. Look at that poster.

There's not a person, not a face on it, right? That poster. It's not necessarily, it looked like a Walt Disney space picture or something. I'm not going to run out and see that. That's the problem.

There's not a person, not a face on it, right? That poster. It's not necessarily, it looked like a Walt Disney space picture or something. I'm not going to run out and see that. That's the problem.

Because I had to. Because we're all going to fry. I don't want him to walk around and burn up. It's going to be very tough. Unless we deal with this energy issue, there has to be solutions. Everyone's thinking of the future. There's going to be a solution. We're going to figure it out. Well, we've got to get serious now, back then.

Because I had to. Because we're all going to fry. I don't want him to walk around and burn up. It's going to be very tough. Unless we deal with this energy issue, there has to be solutions. Everyone's thinking of the future. There's going to be a solution. We're going to figure it out. Well, we've got to get serious now, back then.

You may not agree with me, and a lot of people don't, but my God, I think it's a burning issue of our day. But beyond Ukraine, beyond Joe Biden and Donald Trump, this is a real, real significant. Look at the figures.

You may not agree with me, and a lot of people don't, but my God, I think it's a burning issue of our day. But beyond Ukraine, beyond Joe Biden and Donald Trump, this is a real, real significant. Look at the figures.

So what did you learn at the end of the documentary? Among other things, the fear was ridiculous because there was none of those accidents really added up to anything compared to the other waste products of other energies such as gas and oil and coal.

So what did you learn at the end of the documentary? Among other things, the fear was ridiculous because there was none of those accidents really added up to anything compared to the other waste products of other energies such as gas and oil and coal.

New countries are coming into it. Yeah, Russia is doing a very good job of constructing reactors abroad in other countries. They're selling the product. China is doing it. And they're also devised. They're working very hard. China and Russia have SMRs. which are the small modular reactors, they have them. The United States is still working on it. We're way behind.

New countries are coming into it. Yeah, Russia is doing a very good job of constructing reactors abroad in other countries. They're selling the product. China is doing it. And they're also devised. They're working very hard. China and Russia have SMRs. which are the small modular reactors, they have them. The United States is still working on it. We're way behind.

But I do believe we'll come up with a design for an SMR that will be accepted through our regulation process, which is tedious and costs... That's why it costs so much. We don't approve anything. It's like a bad business, right? We're... We're choked. We don't allow new stuff unless it's fancy and has a purpose. It's just very hard to get new designs in. We have to change our ways.

But I do believe we'll come up with a design for an SMR that will be accepted through our regulation process, which is tedious and costs... That's why it costs so much. We don't approve anything. It's like a bad business, right? We're... We're choked. We don't allow new stuff unless it's fancy and has a purpose. It's just very hard to get new designs in. We have to change our ways.