You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don’t think so. On my films I decide.
BAZ LUHRMANNThere’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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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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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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If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.
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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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Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.
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Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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Western films don’t do very well in India.
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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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Advice is a form of nostalgia.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
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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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