Baz Luhrmann
My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.
-Baz Luhrmann
education
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
food
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
funny
Sydney in general is eclectic. You can be on that brilliant blue ocean walk in the morning and then within 20 minutes you can be in a completely vast suburban sprawl or an Italian or Asian suburb, and it's that mix of people, it's that melting pot of people that give it its vital personality.
-Baz Luhrmann
morning
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.
-Baz Luhrmann
peace
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.
-Baz Luhrmann
relationship
Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.
-Baz Luhrmann
relationship
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.
-Baz Luhrmann
technology
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