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

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Endless Esteemed Highly Most Music Operas Popular Stand

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The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than ever.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Around Art Art Form Attendance Ever Form High Houses More Number Opera Popular Rates Show Than World

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There were movies that always made me want to be a director. You see brilliant scenes and the way the emotions were handled. I thought, I'd really like to do that.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Always Brilliant Director Emotions Handled Like Made Me Movies Really Scenes See Thought Want Way Were You

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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 black men.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Australia Being Black Culture Full Growing Growing Up Man Men Nigeria Only Shock Suddenly Unit Up White

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When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Cannot Characters Develops Emotional Force Match Movies Music Opera Plays

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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 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Audience Chatting Could Daisy Direct Driving Enough Entertain Essentially Everyone Get Kept Kitchen Minutes Miss Money People Saying Three Trying Watching Well Well Enough Were

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With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Author Best Bring Characters Film Intentions Life Try Understand

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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.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Anything Cold Correct First Having Necessity Other Produce Production Sassy Saw Setting Than Tree

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Director

Born: August 16th, 1940

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