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 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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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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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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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 don’t have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I’ve never fought with any actor ever.
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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When you’re in theater or the circus or film – to me it’s all one – affairs happen. People fall in love.
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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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Western films don’t do very well in India.
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In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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I wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
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If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.
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Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
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Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.
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