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  • Woody Harrelson - Harrelson was raised around violence due to his father, who had been convicted of murder twice.  Stone saw the violence within Harrelson and cast him for the dark role of mass-murderer Mickey Knox in Natural Born Killers.  Harrelson probably deserved at least a nomination for an Academy Award, but since the film was viewed as "violent and controversial", the academy decided to overlook the entire film.  However, they would not overlook Harrelson's performance as Larry Flynt in Stone's production The People vs. Larry Flynt.  He earned his first Academy Award nomination, and later starred in The Thin Red Line and Wag the Dog.
  • Jamie Foxx - Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Cameron Diaz, and...Jamie Foxx?  The comedian?  Yes, Jamie Foxx had to hold his own in Any Given Sunday with some of the greatest stars in Hollywood, and he and Pacino owned the show.  Oliver Stone has molded several small actors into some of the finest performers in Hollywood, but Jamie Foxx's performance was worthy of comparison with Denzel Washington.  Foxx went on to star in Bait and Ali.

Stone's Favorite People to Work With
Music Composing
       Stewart Copeland - Wall Street & Talk Radio
       
John Williams - Born on the Fourth of July, JFK & Nixon
Casting
       
Bob Morons - Salvador & Platoon
       Billy Hopkins -
Wall Street, Talk Radio, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK,
                                 
Natural Born Killers & Any Given Sunday
Editing
       Claire Simpson - Salvador, Platoon & Wall Street
       
Joe Hutshing - Talk Radio, Born on the Fourth of July, The Doors,& JFK
       
Brian Berdan - Natural Born Killers & Nixon
       
Hank Corwin - Natural Born Killers, Nixon & U-Turn
Cinematography
       Robert Richardson - Salvador, Platoon, Wall Street, Talk Radio, Born on the
                                        Fourth of July
, The Doors, JFK, Heaven and Earth, Natural
                                        Born Killers
, Nixon & U-Turn
Producing
       A. Kitman Ho - Platoon, Wall Street, Talk Radio, Born on the Fourth of July,
                                 
The Doors, JFK & Heaven and Earth
       
Clayton Townsend - Talk Radio, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, Heaven and
                                         Earth
, Natural Born Killers, Nixon, U-Turn & Any Given
                                         Sunday
Acting (Only Bigger Stars)
       Sean Stone (his son) - Salvador, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, The       
                                           Doors
, JFK, Heaven and Earth, Nixon, U-Turn & Any
                                           Given Sunday
       James Woods - Salvador, Nixon & Any Given Sunday
       Dale Dye -
Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, Heaven and Earth &
                         
Natural Born Killers
       John C. McGinley -
Platoon, Wall Street, Talk Radio, Born on the Fourth of
                                        July
, Nixon & Any Given Sunday
       
Tom Berenger - Platoon & Born on the Fourth of July
       Willem Dafoe -
Platoon & Born on the Fourth of July
       Charlie Sheen -
Platoon & Wall Street
       Kevin Dillon -
Platoon & The Doors
       Martin Sheen -
Wall Street & JFK
       
Michael Wincott - Talk Radio, Born on the Fourth of July & The Doors
       
Frank Whaley - Born on the Fourth of July, The Doors & JFK
       
Tom Sizemore - Born on the Fourth of July & Natural Born Killers
       Wayne Knight - Born on the Fourth of July & JFK
       Tommy Lee Jones -
JFK, Heaven and Earth & Natural Born Killers
       
Laurie Metcalf - JFK & U-Turn
       

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