So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.
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 understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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I am always worried when someone says, ‘This is perfect.’
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The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.
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I mean the future has become old fashioned.
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In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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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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Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don’t really want to say: “Wow, come and see my Monet – it’s in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.”
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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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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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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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A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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Accept certain inalienable truths.
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I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.
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I wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
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