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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

Baz Luhrmann

Advice is a form of nostalgia.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Advice Form Nostalgia
The 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.
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Becoming Dream Duckling Ugly
I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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Around Grow Up Jazz
Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Country Far Away World
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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Dancing Father Magic
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
Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.
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Chemistry Stars Two
I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Culture Form Thinking
One of my great all-time loves in cinema, and I’ve seen it three times, is Bondarchuk’s ‘War and Peace.’ Not a lot of people may have seen that film. It was made during the Soviet era.
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People Three War
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.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Asian Creative Cuisine
All good, clean stories are melodrama, it’s just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Clean Shows Stories
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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Circus Falling Love People
The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
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Auditions Cold Process
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
I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Creative Fundamental Process
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Beauty Enjoy Power Youth

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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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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