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Baz Luhrmann

I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.
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Feels Good Enough Kinship Not
I’ve always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it’s the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia’s passion to get lost in a faraway place.
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Epic Passion Simple
You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don’t think so. On my films I decide.
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Film People Thinking
Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.
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Country Far Away World
I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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Around Grow Up Jazz
There’s a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a discussion. I listen.
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Directors Hollywood Speak
Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don’t manage that – but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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Cinema Excitement Needs
Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone’s idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
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Ideas Needs Path
Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.
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Book Growing Passion Up
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
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Beauty Enjoy Power Youth
In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn’t make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
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Intriguing Mechanic Stories
The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.
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Art Country Deal Lost People
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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Ballroom Fear Half Life
Don’t worry about the future.
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About Future Worry
I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
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Culture Form Thinking
I wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
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Enriching Jobs Thinking

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