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

#being #black #culture #full #growing

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

#cold #correct #first #having #i

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

— Bruce Beresford

#hbo #i #i think #make #mature

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

— Bruce Beresford

#drama #get #must #opera #play

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

— Bruce Beresford

#director #film #fragments #moments #same

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

— Bruce Beresford

#dialogue #director #most #scenes

He's wrong. That's why his films look so terrible. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#his #look #terrible #why #wrong

I didn't get upset because I wasn't nominated, but I was a little surprised. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#get #i #little #nominated #surprised

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

— Bruce Beresford

#been #i #interested #like #opera

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

— Bruce Beresford

#big #come #everyone #hats #mexicans