I think you can maintain two tracks. I think you have to. That's what this kind of filmmaking … - Oliver Stone

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I certainly know I have been blessed with much more empathy than I ever knew I would feel for other people.

Oliver Stone

I think you can maintain two tracks. I think you have to. That's what this kind of filmmaking is about. If you're not aware of the limitations of what you're up against. . . it's like a general: you have to know your artillery and you have to know your infantry. You have to know what you have. You have to marshal your forces and use them well. It comes down to the personal and the intimate, but at the same time you have to have the big picture.

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