You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don’t think so. On my films I decide.
BAZ LUHRMANNOpera 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.
More Baz Luhrmann Quotes
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
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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 never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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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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I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
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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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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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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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Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends.
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I mean the future has become old fashioned.
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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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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.
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A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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