It’s pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.
BAZ LUHRMANNIt’s pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.
BAZ LUHRMANNIn the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
BAZ LUHRMANNI 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.
BAZ LUHRMANNThe 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 LUHRMANNThe party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in 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.
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.
BAZ LUHRMANNMy wife is the fact-checker, I’m in the story telling business.
BAZ LUHRMANNAll good, clean stories are melodrama, it’s just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.
BAZ LUHRMANNWestern films don’t do very well in India.
BAZ LUHRMANNTrust yourself that you can do it and get it
BAZ LUHRMANNI understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
BAZ LUHRMANNThe race is long but in the end it is only with YOURSELF.
BAZ LUHRMANNDon’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 LUHRMANNSo, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.
BAZ LUHRMANNYou 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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