I wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
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.
More Baz Luhrmann Quotes
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Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.
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One of my great all-time loves in cinema, and I’ve seen it three times, is Bondarchuk’s ‘War and Peace.’ Not a lot of people may have seen that film. It was made during the Soviet era.
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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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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The race is long but in the end it is 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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In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
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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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The food in Sydney is an Asian Pacific cuisine. It’s eclectic but above all it’s fresh, inventive and creative and that’s what I love about it.
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It’s pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.
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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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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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