The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.
From Baz Luhrmann
I've tried to make 'Strictly Ballroom' impossible to date. It does feel a bit '80s but I consciously made sure there was no technology in the movie that could date it.
I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
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.
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.
I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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.
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.
I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life.
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