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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.

Baz Luhrmann

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Ballroom Fear Half Life
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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Country Hip Hop Slightly
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 LUHRMANN

Gas Honest Stations Tourists
I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Culture Form 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
In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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Everybody Flow Flower Hair Wear
Trust yourself that you can do it and get it
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Believe Hope Patience Trust Yourself
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
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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Intriguing Mechanic Stories
I really believe musical form will go on. There’s got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Believe Cinema Musical
I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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Actors Doing Good Motivated
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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Country Far Away World
I am always worried when someone says, ‘This is perfect.’
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Always Perfect Someone Worried
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
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Beauty Enjoy Power Youth
Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone’s idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Ideas Needs Path
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.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Becoming Dream Duckling Ugly
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.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Feels Good Enough Kinship Not
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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Asian Creative Cuisine
I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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Groups Member Outsiders
You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don’t think so. On my films I decide.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Film People Thinking
I wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
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Enriching Jobs Thinking
My wife is the fact-checker, I’m in the story telling business.
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Facts Stories Wife
In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Groovy Opera Wanted
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.
BAZ LUHRMANN

Epic Passion Simple
The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
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Auditions Cold Process
Fitzgerald coined the phrase the ‘Jazz Age,’ and now we’re living in the Hip-Hop Age.
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Age Hip Hop Phrases
I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it’s my own.
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May Point Of View Views

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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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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