Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.
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.
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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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Fitzgerald coined the phrase the ‘Jazz Age,’ and now we’re living in the Hip-Hop Age.
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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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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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The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
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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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Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
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I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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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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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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One 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.
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All good, clean stories are melodrama, it’s just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.
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The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.
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In 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.
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