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 LUHRMANNI 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.
More Baz Luhrmann Quotes
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Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.
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I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
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Advice is a form of nostalgia.
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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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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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When you’re in theater or the circus or film – to me it’s all one – affairs happen. People fall in love.
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The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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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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At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
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In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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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 am always worried when someone says, ‘This is perfect.’
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Trust yourself that you can do it and get it
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