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.
BAZ LUHRMANNThe cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
More Baz Luhrmann Quotes
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Western films don’t do very well in India.
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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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In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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All good, clean stories are melodrama, it’s just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.
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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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I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don’t really want to say: “Wow, come and see my Monet – it’s in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.”
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I am always worried when someone says, ‘This is perfect.’
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Accept certain inalienable truths.
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Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends.
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In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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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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Don’t worry about the future.
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