Advice is a form of nostalgia.
BAZ LUHRMANNHaving 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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In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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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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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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Hurt him. Hurt him and save him
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A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education – from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.
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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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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
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It’s pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.
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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 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.”
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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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