Having grown up far, far away in a small country town in Australia, I was only slightly aware of hip-hop.
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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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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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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In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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Trust yourself that you can do it and get it
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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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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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Hurt him. Hurt him and save him
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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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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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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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I wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
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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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I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it’s my own.
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My wife is the fact-checker, I’m in the story telling business.
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