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28 quotes by Bruce Beresford

Bruce Beresford (born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 50-year career. Notable films he has directed include Breaker Morant (1980), Tender Mercies (1983), Crimes of the Heart (1986) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
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There's a bright spot in every dark cloud.

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It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository... →

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With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting.

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Everyone has seen photographs of Mexicans wearing those big sombreros. When you come to Mexico, the astonishing thing is, nobody wears these hats at... →

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Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied.

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It's not enough to hit the notes. There is no point in the singers just standing there and sounding wonderful if they're not connecting with... →

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When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100... →

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I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them.

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The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.

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When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of... →

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At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films.

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Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.

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For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.

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