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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.

Baz Luhrmann

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.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Intriguing Mechanic Stories
My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education – from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Dancing Father Magic
I am always worried when someone says, ‘This is perfect.’
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Always Perfect Someone Worried
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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Ballroom Fear Half Life
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.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Cinema Excitement Needs
Fitzgerald coined the phrase the ‘Jazz Age,’ and now we’re living in the Hip-Hop Age.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Age Hip Hop Phrases
If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Cities Light Travel
Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Chance Choices Half
It’s pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.
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Hard Manhattan Mugged
Advice is a form of nostalgia.
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Advice Form Nostalgia
I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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Groups Member Outsiders
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Advice Birth Patient
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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Film People Thinking
I don’t have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I’ve never fought with any actor ever.
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Actor Fighting Honesty
Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.
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Book Growing Passion Up
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.”
BAZ LUHRMANN

Art Bottom Cellar Dark Want

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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