Oliver Stone
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard Apr 2025
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ambiguities and that was a problem selling it that was a problem selling we didn't have a big american star we had anthony hopkins who's just very good english he wasn't a big star at the time no he was not are you kidding what did you read this film was remains of the day and uh remains of the day was his biggest film legends of the fall
Yeah, sure. Sure. He was a wonderful man.
I'm not that patient. Maybe 12, 13, 14. And that's not working. I mean, I try to make change. Some directors will let it roll and roll and roll because it's tape. I don't feel that way. I feel it's a waste of energy. You've got to concentrate that energy.
It was pretty painful.
He's a good actor. Academy Award winner. Oh, wow. He reached that stage when drugs and stuff, whatever, medications had slowed him down. And then what do you do in that moment?
Oh, yeah, yeah. The other actor was sitting across the table from him, and those people who remember this know that the other actor was eating the tuna fish sandwich. for the scene, it was a lunch scene. So he's eating the sandwich and he ate 17 or 18 of them and I was really worried about his, yeah, but he was a strong guy and he managed to absorb it.
They were ham sandwiches, I think he was getting sick. Two sandwiches.
Well, it happens quite more than you think. People get nervous and they get upset because it takes time. And it's a grueling process over 60 days, 50 days. It depends. And I've seen many people lose their temper. Everyone loses their temper on something, right? Well, it's not fun. It's not fun to be the director of that person, but that happens. And we have to live with it. It's part of life.
They're happy sometimes and they're miserable some other times. But it's a hard process. It's a life process. Every film takes something out of you. I feel like it's a tree with rings around it. You've got those rings, they build up. I don't know how in the old days they did 50, 60, 80 films. Okay. You have to, to a certain point, you have to be insensitive and cut it off. It's just a role.
It's just a movie. And you get into a different attitude.
No, but you had some big fights. Of course I did. Every director has.
Nothing. Shia was a good actor. Very...
And so for you... But he was working very hard. I remember that. And he was doing the songs too. He was dead. He was close to dead. He cost us a fortune in massages. You know what I mean? We had about... Every time he wasn't... We had to pay somebody. It was a fortune. Seriously. We went way over budget on that.
Well, the film was over budget because that was a big part of it too.
It's the wasted money. Yeah, it's the fringes, the fringes. Well, we always try to keep that down in the pictures I made because they were dedicated to a purpose. You know, we're trying to get this thing done. And the studios were never that cooperative with my stuff. It was always a struggle to get it made. You can imagine, even JFK.
So these were not movies given to the luxury system that Hollywood had in the 80s, 90s then. But Sean is right. The request would be for assistance and assistance and their publicist and that public. And by the time it grows into a little entourage of 10, 10, 8, 9, 10 people. Special people to help them with the accent and help them with the physical trainer has to go.
Sometimes the gym equipment has to go. Yeah, it's ridiculous. You know, get used to, it's not like the old days, get used to life on location, for Christ's sake.
I haven't worked with that many of them. Stop it. You work with everybody. Yeah, but they were humble at that time. Everybody was humble. Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Pacino. Tom Cruise was young. He hadn't gone into that other hyperspace. You're talking about born on 4th of July. And Charlie was normal.
Charlie Sheen you know it was Willem Dafoe has always been I can't really I don't relate to those kind of people I wouldn't hire them in the first place if possible what would it be mother if they had that reputation you hear about it you know you don't want to have all you don't want all the fringes you have to be careful So you have to set the rules at the beginning.
Listen, I'm going to make this kind of movie. It's going to cost this amount. We got to move at this pace. Are you going to be on board or not? Otherwise, you have to walk away. But sometimes you need them to get the fucking film financed.
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