14 Bruce Beresford Quotes for You to Enjoy

Bruce Beresford

Australian Director

Born: Aug 16, 1940

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

Music Highly Most Operas Endless Esteemed Stand Popular

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

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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

Music Characters Emotional Develops Opera Force Match Cannot Movies Plays

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

Life Best Try Characters Understand Author Intentions Film Bring

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 of the most glorious music and drama that man has created. Bruce Beresford

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

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

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

Saying People Money Three Enough Everyone Entertain Minutes Direct Kitchen Could Chatting No-One Driving Miss Well Well Enough Audience Were Get Trying Essentially Daisy Watching Kept

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

Think Films Seem Make Well-Informed Mature Quite Really

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

Director Satisfied Fragments Until Same Again Shot Moments Film

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

Director Scenes Most Dialogue Challenging

I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience showed me that the best performance was often left in a rehearsal room. Bruce Beresford

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

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In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire. Bruce Beresford

Will Find Operas Permanent Repertoire Place View Floyd

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