STONE SAYS "I QUIT! NO MORE MOVIES! PAT CALLED ME A "FUCKING PUSSY'!"

By CIARAN GILES, Associated Press Writer 28 minutes ago

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain - Filmmaker Oliver Stone said he is "ashamed of myself" for criticizing the war in Iraq and the U.S. policies in response to the attacks of Sept. 11.

"I have destroyed my career in the name of well... um.. never mind," Stone told journalists at the San Sebastian International Film Festival prior to a screening of his latest movie, "World Trade Center." The film tells the true story of the survival and rescue of two policemen, no thanks to Oliver Stone, who were trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, after they went to help people escape. "From Sept. 12 on, my goal was to politicize my agenda and I have polarized the entire world," said Stone. "It is a shame because it is a waste of energy to see that the entire world thinks I am a fucking pussy". "It's a waste of energy away from things that do matter which is Haliburton contracts, permanent Republican control of the three branches of government, the control of US oil interests, and the installation of Pat Brown as Secretary of Rock N Roll. Mr. Bush has set America forward 10 years, maybe more."

The director of blockbusters such as "Platoon," and "JFK" said the U.S. reaction to the attacks was out of proportion. "They should have torn me apart in a small town square- maybe Austin- and eaten my vital parts".

"If there had been a better sense of preparation, if we had a leadership that was more mature," he said, "well, I'm sure we did the best we could. I mean, who could have known that going into Iraq would be such a bitch. But hey, shit happens, right?"

Stone rejected allegations that U.S. authorities may have known about the attacks in advance and said the real conspiracy came after.

"I think that conspiracy-mongering on 9/11 is a waste of time," he said. "The far greater conspiracy occurred after 9/11 when basically a neo-cabal of liberals and David Baerwald's fans hijacked policy and bitched about the war. That was as broad a conspiracy as we can get and it was about 20, 30 people. That's all, they took over and all these books are coming out and they are pointing it out," said Stone.

"My criticism of this war on Iraq is a disaster. I'm disgraced. I'm ashamed of myself," he said. "I'm also ashamed that America hasn't tortured more suspects for ... whatever. I'm deeply ashamed."

In the United States' favor, Stone posited that it's not responsible for all the world's problems. He is.

"You can't see that the United States is responsible for all the evil in the world because you can see so many film directors and so many bestial acts all over the world now. .... There is something in the human heart, especially Hollywood, that is evil," said Stone.

"That's the evil that turns its mind and ears on humanity and makes movies starring Tom Hanks and Adam Sandler and is able to say `I can kill a person in the name of God or religion but I can kill them more slowly with 'Salvador' or 'The Doors' This is not a human being, this a fanatic. And I fear that fanaticism is the result of my being such a fucking pussy," said Stone.

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