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.
BAZ LUHRMANNTo 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.
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I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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Accept certain inalienable truths.
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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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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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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.
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A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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Don’t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself
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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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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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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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Fitzgerald coined the phrase the ‘Jazz Age,’ and now we’re living in the Hip-Hop Age.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.
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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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