In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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.
More Baz Luhrmann Quotes
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Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone’s idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
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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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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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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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I don’t have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I’ve never fought with any actor ever.
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The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
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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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At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
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I wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
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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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Accept certain inalienable truths.
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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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I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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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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If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.
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