--- title: Vladimir Putin: I Don't Have Bad Days Because I'm a Man description: Russian President Vladimir Putin told acclaimed Director Roger Stone he never has bad days because he isn't a woman canonical: https://time.com/4808298/vladimir-putin-oliver-stone-interview/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-06T21:57:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:42.744Z og:title: Vladimir Putin: 'I Am Not A Woman, So I Don’t Have Bad Days' og:description: "I am not trying to insult anyone. That’s just the nature of things" og:url: https://time.com/4808298/vladimir-putin-oliver-stone-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt308bfcc3b9be9e39/6988d0878fd2ee7698357673/vladimir-putin-oliver-stone.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Day Two Of The St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Vladimir Putin: 'I Am Not A Woman, So I Don’t Have Bad Days' twitter:description: "I am not trying to insult anyone. That’s just the nature of things" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt308bfcc3b9be9e39/6988d0878fd2ee7698357673/vladimir-putin-oliver-stone.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Vladimir Putin Tells Oliver Stone: 'I Am Not A Woman, So I Don’t Have Bad Days'  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jun 6, 2017 9:57 PM UTC  Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, gestures as he speaks at the plenary session during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the Expoforum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, June 2, 2017. Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, gestures as he speaks at the plenary session during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the Expoforum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, June 2, 2017.Andrey Rudakov—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jun 6, 2017 9:57 PM UTC [Russian President Vladimir Putin ](http://time.com/4803192/vladimir-putin-election-hacking-allegations-st-petersburg-forum/)told acclaimed director [Oliver Stone](http://time.com/2809832/oliver-stone-will-direct-film-on-edward-snowden/) he never has bad days because he isn’t a woman. “I am not a woman, so I don’t have bad days,” Putin told Stone as he was giving him a tour of the Kremlin, [Bloomberg reports.](https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-06/macho-putin-in-driver-s-seat-as-he-takes-oliver-stone-for-a-ride?cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&utm%5Fcontent=business&utm%5Fcampaign=socialflow-organic&utm%5Fsource=facebook&utm%5Fmedium=social) “I am not trying to insult anyone. That’s just the nature of things. There are certain natural cycles.” Stone, who has written and directed over 20 movies, including _Snowden,_ _JFK_ and _Nixon_ was interviewing Putin for a four-part film, _The Putin Interviews,_ which will air June 12-15 on Showtime. Stone conducted over a dozen interviews with the Russian president over the course of two years. The clip Showtime has released from the documentary show Stone and Putin discussing the NSA and Russia’s decision to harbor [Edward Snowden](http://time.com/4773422/edward-snowden-james-comey-trump/). “Snowden is not a traitor,” Putin says. “He didn’t betray the interests of his country.” Putin said he didn’t agree with Snowden leaking information from the NSA, but said they had overstepped boundaries in terms of surveillance. Russia’s intelligence agencies, he told Stone, “always conform to the law.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4808298/vladimir-putin-oliver-stone-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4808298/vladimir-putin-oliver-stone-interview/"},"headline":"Vladimir Putin Tells Oliver Stone: 'I Am Not A Woman, So I Don’t Have Bad Days'","datePublished":"2017-06-06T21:57:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:42.744Z","description":"\"I am not trying to insult anyone. 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