Baz Luhrmann quotes - page 2

I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders. (Baz Luhrmann)
Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry. View quote
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I mean the future has become old fashioned. View quote
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear. View quote
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At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films. View quote
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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. View quote
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Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway. View quote
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I mean, '8 ½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity. View quote
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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." View quote
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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. View quote
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Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up. (Baz Luhrmann)
In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans. View quote
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I wish I'd done everything on Earth with you. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I've never fought with any actor ever. View quote
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I often think to myself, at the end of an interesting life it's maybe not such a bad thing to spend your last days with your friends sitting by the blue, blue ocean reliving the story of your life while sitting in the dangerous sun. View quote
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Western films don't do very well in India. View quote
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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. View quote
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I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life. (Baz Luhrmann)
In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy. View quote
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Fitzgerald coined the phrase the 'Jazz Age,' and now we're living in the Hip-Hop Age. View quote
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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. View quote
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