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Baz Luhrmann Quotes

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.

Baz Luhrmann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: australian
Birth: September 17, 1962

Topics

Time Never Forget You Back Cinema

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort.

John Ashcroft

Effort Washington Need Capacity Our

I held down as many jobs as I could find, from being a waiter to working at a yoga studio and as a ticket-taker at a small theater company - anything that would allow me to go out and do auditions.

John Krasinski

Me Small Find Down Go Company

Experience is a great teacher.

John Legend

Teacher Great Experience

I don't know about doing a sequel. I think you can retroactively damage a product by adding to it.

Simon Pegg

Think Doing You Know Product Damage

At heart, I was always a performer, not a competitor.

Mick Foley

Heart Always Competitor Performer

I'd like to have a perfect sense of direction. I could get lost with a GPS strapped to my arm.

Lisa Graff

Direction Perfect Lost Sense Get

Every pound of muscle burns approximately 50 calories every day, just doing nothing.

Jorge Cruise

Day Doing Every Day Nothing Muscle

Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill.

Jonah Lehrer

Blessing Creativity Skill Angels Our

Some cameras are heavier and need to be on tripods. Others are small enough to hide in your pocket. There are places where you don't want to feel like you are disturbing anything, so I may use a camera like that.

Jonas Mekas

Small Feel Enough Camera You Hide

When we make these movies, you sign up for an experience. It's not just, 'Action! Cut!' There's not that safety in it. It's kind of a dangerous place to be. I mean, it is safe, but it gets personal. It's no longer about saying the lines. It's about really having an experience.

Derek Cianfrance

Experience Safety Action Saying You

I wanted to give my actor a break. I wanted to live and to learn English. I wanted to be anything, a cabdriver, a busboy, anything to keep me away from acting for a while.

Demian Bichir

Live Me Learn Acting Actor Anything

I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad are.

Christopher Eccleston

Know Where Come Who Exactly Mum