I don’t have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I’ve never fought with any actor ever.
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’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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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 feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.
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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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To be honest, there is a tourists’ trail; my family had a farm and a gas station, and you can go and see my birthplace, though where I lived is actually under a freeway now.
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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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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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Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends.
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In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone’s idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
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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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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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A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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