My wife is the fact-checker, I’m in the story telling business.
BAZ LUHRMANNMy wife is the fact-checker, I’m in the story telling business.
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 LUHRMANNI grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
BAZ LUHRMANNIt’s pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.
BAZ LUHRMANNTo 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.
BAZ LUHRMANNThe cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
BAZ LUHRMANNI really believe musical form will go on. There’s got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
BAZ LUHRMANNI always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it’s my own.
BAZ LUHRMANNI feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
BAZ LUHRMANNI do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
BAZ LUHRMANNWhy live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends.
BAZ LUHRMANNI think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
BAZ LUHRMANNAt a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
BAZ LUHRMANNDon’t worry about the future.
BAZ LUHRMANNI understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
BAZ LUHRMANNOpera 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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