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Western films don’t do very well in India.

Baz Luhrmann

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.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Directors Hollywood Speak
My wife is the fact-checker, I’m in the story telling business.
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Facts Stories Wife
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Ballroom Fear Half Life
It’s pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.
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Hard Manhattan Mugged
Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
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Chance Choices Half
So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Constraint Creative Want
When you’re in theater or the circus or film – to me it’s all one – affairs happen. People fall in love.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Circus Falling Love People
Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone’s idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Ideas Needs Path
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.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Epic Passion Simple
I really believe musical form will go on. There’s got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Believe Cinema Musical
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
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.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Becoming Dream Duckling Ugly
I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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Groups Member Outsiders
Western films don’t do very well in India.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Film India Wells
I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Culture Form Thinking
My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education – from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Dancing Father Magic

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