Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.
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.
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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I don’t have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I’ve never fought with any actor ever.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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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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Everything I make starts very personally.
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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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Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends.
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In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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My wife is the fact-checker, I’m in the story telling business.
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I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
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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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The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
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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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I really believe musical form will go on. There’s got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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