Baz Luhrmann Quotes

I don't want to do a history lesson. I don't think cinema should be about that. Cinema should be about emotions.

As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.

Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failing, you do want your film to be seen, to communicate itself to other people.

I don't want to make movies for kids, and I don't want to make movies for adults either.

The movie business is not something that can come from the brain. It really comes from the soul and the heart.

'Rocket Science' is really where I fell in love with filmmaking, I think 'Camp' was incredible, but it was so bizarre, and I was trying to find my footing in this world where you don't have an audience for immediate validation.

I know that movies are basically meant to be entertainment, but I'm not that interested in entertainment.

I feel I have been a part of some very wonderful films, and I have had it in mind when I was on the set, every day, that what I am doing has meaning.

I'm not very particular about the commercial angle in my films, but entertainment is very important.

Filmmaking is not a job but a social responsibility for me.

Always when you are doing films, the themes swallow you in one way or another.

A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.

I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.

My interpretation of a strong director is someone who knows their story. That's what directors are, they're storytellers because they're directing where your focus is going to be as an audience.

I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and I'm not seeing.

The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.

Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not like commercial movies, which I enjoy myself, but I wanted to be the kind of filmmaker who wrote original work, sort of like a novelist would who deals with who we are and our times or our relationships.

Film is the only language I speak, and I have been lucky to be involved in some great stories. You don't want to preach to people, but you want them to think about why things are the way they are, the history that is there as well as the possibilities.

I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.

I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service.

I'm not making films just to be bold.

It's amazing what you can do without in terms of filmmaking when a story is really important.

I think journalists and filmmakers are keen observers. And actors must also be sharp observers as they draw their characters and their stories from what they experience around them. After all, that is what actors, filmmakers, journalists are trained to be: observers. And then they do something with their observations.

At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.

I love good film, whether it's an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren't necessarily eccentric ones but they're the more specific ones.