Baz Luhrmann

In this country, particularly, actually in times that are difficult, or from corners of America where you least expect it, unbelievable pure…

— Baz Luhrmann

If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.

— Baz Luhrmann

In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture…

— Baz Luhrmann

In 1977, hip-hop literally wasn't outside the boroughs. But I was profoundly aware of the city through films like Saturday Night Fever,…

— Baz Luhrmann

Trust yourself that you can do it and get it

— Baz Luhrmann

“Sometimes you are ahead, sometimes you are behind, the race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.”

— Baz Luhrmann

The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream…

— Baz Luhrmann

Hurt him. Hurt him and save him

— Baz Luhrmann

I mean, '8½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity.

— Baz Luhrmann

When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and…

— Baz Luhrmann

I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.

— Baz Luhrmann

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.

— Baz Luhrmann

So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.

— Baz Luhrmann

I often think to myself, at the end of an interesting life it's maybe not such a bad thing to spend your…

— Baz Luhrmann

Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.

— Baz Luhrmann

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…

— Baz Luhrmann

To be honest, there is a tourists' trail; my family had a farm and a gas station, and you can go and…

— Baz Luhrmann

“My gift is my song”

— Baz Luhrmann

I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.

— Baz Luhrmann

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…

— Baz Luhrmann

Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.

— Baz Luhrmann

If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to…

— Baz Luhrmann

Accept certain inalienable truths.

— Baz Luhrmann

My wife is the fact-checker, I'm in the story telling business.

— Baz Luhrmann

Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.

— Baz Luhrmann