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> [If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/if-you-wanted-to-show-a-mirror-to-people-that-says-you-ve-been-drunk/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f62/baz-luhrmann-9770_another_if-you-wanted-to-show-a-mirror-to-people_2018354.jpg)

## More by Baz Luhrmann

> [“Don't waste your time with jealousy. Some times your ahead, some times your behind. The race is long and in the end, it's only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/don-t-waste-your-time-with-jealousy-some-times-your-ahead-some-times/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [Historically, epics are set in Africa or Asia or the Wild West, but if you make an epic today it's hard to disassociate from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/historically-epics-are-set-in-africa-or-asia-or-the-wild-west-but-if/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [It's pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/it-s-pretty-hard-to-get-mugged-in-manhattan/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [A life lived in fear is a life half lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/a-life-lived-in-fear-is-a-life-half-lived/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/i-am-always-worried-when-someone-says-this-is-perfect/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [I mean, '8 ½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/i-mean-8-to-me-is-such-a-great-dissertation-on-the-whole-you-know-act/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/at-a-very-young-age-i-was-allowed-to-go-into-the-cinema-and-watch/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/i-do-find-walking-is-fundamental-to-my-creative-process/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/your-choices-are-half-chance-so-are-everybody-else-s/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/australia-to-the-rest-of-the-world-is-just-far-away-and-australia-in/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [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](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/don-t-waste-your-time-on-jealousy-sometimes-you-re-ahead-sometimes-2/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/opera-was-the-cinema-of-its-time-so-to-bring-back-that-popular-appeal/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/i-feel-a-kinship-with-anyone-who-feels-that-their-road-their-life-or/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [All good, clean stories are melodrama; it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/all-good-clean-stories-are-melodrama-it-s-just-the-set-of-devices/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

> [The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/the-party-is-a-true-art-form-in-sydney-and-people-practise-it-a-great/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

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