I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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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In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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My wife is the fact-checker, I’m in the story telling business.
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I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
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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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When you’re in theater or the circus or film – to me it’s all one – affairs happen. People fall in love.
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Accept certain inalienable truths.
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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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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’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.
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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 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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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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Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.
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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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Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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Advice is a form of nostalgia.
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Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.
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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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I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it’s my own.
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Western films don’t do very well in India.
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Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
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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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Everything I make starts very personally.
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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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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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