Bruce Beresford Quotations

Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances.

When we were trying to get the money together for the film, one reason that was consistently given for not investing in it was that 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico.