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.
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.
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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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The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It’s not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it’s about self-revelation, becoming who you are.
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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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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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The race is long but in the end it is only with YOURSELF.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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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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Don’t worry about the future.
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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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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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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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It’s pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.
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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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