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.

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.

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.

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

It's pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.

In this country, particularly, actually in times that are difficult, or from corners of America where you least expect it, unbelievable pure creativity has welled up. Generally because of the cross-fertilization... a Scott Joplin tune becomes jazz, becomes blues, and becomes rock 'n' roll.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Advice is a form of nostalgia.