Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.
BAZ LUHRMANNOne 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.
More Baz Luhrmann Quotes
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Advice is a form of nostalgia.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don’t really want to say: “Wow, come and see my Monet – it’s in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.”
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I really believe musical form will go on. There’s got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
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Trust yourself that you can do it and get it
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The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
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Opera 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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I am always worried when someone says, ‘This is perfect.’
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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 do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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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 think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
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I mean the future has become old fashioned.
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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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