Bruce Beresford Quotes

Australia, Film Director
August 16, 1940

Bruce Beresford 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).

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

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

Bruce Beresford
- Singing
- Drama

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
- Good
- Long
- Experience
Tender Mercies is a very low-budget film, but it was a huge budget compared to anything I had done in Australia. My fee for Tender Mercies was something like five times all of my Australian films combined.

Bruce Beresford
- Done