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In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.

Baz Luhrmann

Having grown up far, far away in a small country town in Australia, I was only slightly aware of hip-hop.
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Country Hip Hop Slightly
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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Dancing Father Magic
Accept certain inalienable truths.
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Accepting Certain Inalienable Truth
I don’t have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I’ve never fought with any actor ever.
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Actor Fighting Honesty
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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Gas Honest Stations Tourists
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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Epic Passion Simple
The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.
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Auditions Cold Process
I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it’s my own.
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May Point Of View Views
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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Acceptance Cities Multicultural
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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Art Country Deal Lost People
I am always worried when someone says, ‘This is perfect.’
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Always Perfect Someone Worried
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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Film People Thinking
In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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Groovy Opera Wanted
I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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Groups Member Outsiders
Western films don’t do very well in India.
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Film India Wells
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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Clean Shows Stories

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