I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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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At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
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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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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 wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don’t manage that – but when an opera does do it, you never forget 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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Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone’s idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
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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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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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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.
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I mean the future has become old fashioned.
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A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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