I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
BAZ LUHRMANNAustralia, 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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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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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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Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.
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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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In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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Accept certain inalienable truths.
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Don’t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself
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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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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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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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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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Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
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Hurt him. Hurt him and save him
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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