A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
BAZ LUHRMANNMy 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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One of the great things about Sydney is that it has a great acceptance of everyone and everything. It’s an incredibly tolerant city, a city with a huge multicultural basis.
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In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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Advice is a form of nostalgia.
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I’ve always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it’s the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia’s passion to get lost in a faraway place.
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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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Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends.
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Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
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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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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 mean the future has become old fashioned.
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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.
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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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Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.
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Hurt him. Hurt him and save him
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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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