Fitzgerald coined the phrase the ‘Jazz Age,’ and now we’re living in the Hip-Hop Age.
BAZ LUHRMANNIn the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
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Having grown up far, far away in a small country town in Australia, I was only slightly aware of hip-hop.
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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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In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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Accept certain inalienable truths.
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If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.
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The race is long but in the end it is only with YOURSELF.
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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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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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It’s pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.
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To be honest, there is a tourists’ trail; my family had a farm and a gas station, and you can go and see my birthplace, though where I lived is actually under a freeway now.
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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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A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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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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The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
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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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I wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
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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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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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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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Hurt him. Hurt him and save him
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Don’t worry about the future.
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Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
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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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