I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
BAZ LUHRMANNIn 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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The food in Sydney is an Asian Pacific cuisine. It’s eclectic but above all it’s fresh, inventive and creative and that’s what I love about it.
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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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I am always worried when someone says, ‘This is perfect.’
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Hurt him. Hurt him and save him
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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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When you’re in theater or the circus or film – to me it’s all one – affairs happen. People fall in love.
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Fitzgerald coined the phrase the ‘Jazz Age,’ and now we’re living in the Hip-Hop Age.
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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends.
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I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
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The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
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At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
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One of the great things about Sydney is that it has a great acceptance of everyone and everything. It’s an incredibly tolerant city, a city with a huge multicultural basis.
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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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Don’t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself
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