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Baz Luhrmann quotes: All good, clean stories are melodrama; it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.

All good, clean stories are melodrama; it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I mean the future has become old fashioned.

I mean the future has become old fashioned.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: 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.'

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.'

Baz Luhrmann quotes: My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.

My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.

Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.

I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.

I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'

I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'

Baz Luhrmann quotes: Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, And don't put up with people that are reckless with yours.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, And don't put up with people that are reckless with yours.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.

You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I mean, '8½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity.

I mean, '8½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: 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.

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.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.

I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own.

I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: 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

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

Baz Luhrmann quotes: Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.

Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: Fitzgerald was a modernist.

Fitzgerald was a modernist.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.

I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's.

Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: The race is long but in the end it is only with YOURSELF ...

The race is long but in the end it is only with YOURSELF ...

Baz Luhrmann quotes: Fitzgerald coined the phrase the 'Jazz Age,' and now we're living in the Hip-Hop Age.

Fitzgerald coined the phrase the 'Jazz Age,' and now we're living in the Hip-Hop Age.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.

At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.

The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: Hurt him. Hurt him and save him

Hurt him. Hurt him and save him

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I don't have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I've never fought with any actor ever.

I don't have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I've never fought with any actor ever.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: 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.

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.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: Trust yourself that you can do it and get it

Trust yourself that you can do it and get it

Baz Luhrmann quotes: Everything I make starts very personally.

Everything I make starts very personally.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: Western films don't do very well in India.

Western films don't do very well in India.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.

I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life.

I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.

Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.

I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.

I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.

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

Baz Luhrmann quotes: I wish I'd done everything on Earth with you.

I wish I'd done everything on Earth with you.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.

When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: Why live life from dream to dream? And dread the day when dreaming ends.

Why live life from dream to dream? And dread the day when dreaming ends.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.

In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.

So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.

Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.

If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: My gift is my song

My gift is my song

Baz Luhrmann quotes: My wife is the fact-checker, I'm in the story telling business.

My wife is the fact-checker, I'm in the story telling business.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: 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.

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.

Baz Luhrmann quotes: In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.

In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.