You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don’t think so. On my films I decide.
BAZ LUHRMANNYou really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don’t think so. On my films I decide.
BAZ LUHRMANNDon’t worry about the future.
BAZ LUHRMANNThe party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.
BAZ LUHRMANNI wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
BAZ LUHRMANNAustralia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.
BAZ LUHRMANNThe 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.
BAZ LUHRMANNUltimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone’s idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
BAZ LUHRMANNI do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
BAZ LUHRMANNTrust yourself that you can do it and get it
BAZ LUHRMANNOne 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.
BAZ LUHRMANNThe 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 understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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.
BAZ LUHRMANNI am always worried when someone says, ‘This is perfect.’
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.
BAZ LUHRMANNYour choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
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