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.
BAZ LUHRMANNThe ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It’s not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it’s about self-revelation, becoming who you are.
More Baz Luhrmann Quotes
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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The race is long but in the end it is only with YOURSELF.
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So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.
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My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education – from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.
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I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
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My wife is the fact-checker, I’m in the story telling business.
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I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it’s my own.
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All good, clean stories are melodrama, it’s just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.
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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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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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Accept certain inalienable truths.
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Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
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I am always worried when someone says, ‘This is perfect.’
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In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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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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Trust yourself that you can do it and get it
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I feel funny about owning art. I don’t really want to say: “Wow, come and see my Monet – it’s in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.”
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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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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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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If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.
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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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Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
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I really believe musical form will go on. There’s got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
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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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