Having grown up far, far away in a small country town in Australia, I was only slightly aware of hip-hop.
BAZ LUHRMANNI feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
More Baz Luhrmann Quotes
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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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So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.
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In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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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 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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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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Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
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Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
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Advice is a form of nostalgia.
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There’s a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a discussion. I listen.
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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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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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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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I wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
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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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