Luc Besson Quotes & Sayings

I think we have the wrong notion of commercial and intellectual or artistic film. Because all films are commercial. — Luc Besson

I never think about franchises, to be honest. I always just do the film. — Luc Besson

I'm always attracted by people who are lost in their time. I think it helps us. — Luc Besson

You know sometimes you're in a position of risk and you feel that you can turn good or bad. — Luc Besson

After six, seven films, I started to get a little tired. Shooting takes a lot out of you. — Luc Besson

I said if I made 10 films in my life, I would be very lucky. That's how I meant it. My fear after my first one was whether they would let me make another one, so I had this goal in my head. — Luc Besson

When I got the camera on the shoulder, they give me a nickname. They call me 'the tripod' because I'm kind of short and kind of strong. So if I take the camera and I lock myself, you think that you're on a crane. — Luc Besson

I won't be able to do a film just for bad reasons, for money or for - I just can't. If I have one more where I feel I can bring you something, I will do it. — Luc Besson

Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin. — Luc Besson

I would rather stop too soon than too late. — Luc Besson

Johanna: What's it feel like when you dive?
Jacques: It's a feeling of slipping without falling. The hardest thing is when you're at the bottom.
Johanna: Why?
Jacques: 'Cause you have to find a good reason to come back up... and I have a hard time finding one. — Luc Besson

Live your life, experience something, and then you're going to have a lot of things to say. But if you hang around in Hollywood, then you're going to say the same thing as everyone else - nothing. — Luc Besson

It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn't have a clue the day before. — Luc Besson

I don't want to show kids that I am smoking. — Luc Besson

I wanted to do something that was entertaining - but with a catch. — Luc Besson

I wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able to show that I could do one. — Luc Besson