Be humble and say okay, all right, I have to prep myself. So everybody prepped, and we finished the film [Valerian ] four days before the end.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

I think it's the society that drains us out, and we are in a society where we are driven by money.

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

when one's avenue of retreat is cut off there is only one way to go - forward.

Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.

True compassion comes by living in the shoes of another, providing a perspective closer to that of God.

Obama's explanation for the slowdown in economic growth is that the public sector is hurting, and that's where Washington must step in and act.

I have a half an hour warm-up I do that my voice teacher gave me. I exercise at least for an hour during the day. I don't have any superstitious rituals or anything like that.

-"You won't like me if I'm cruel." -"I don't like you now." -"We don't lie." -"I'm mortal, Irial. I can lie all I want to.

Something's moving, something's changing. See His glory feels like heaven on earth.

I like somebody who makes me laugh. He's also got to be prepared - I'm sort of a loose cannon, in a good way. I also like people who disagree with me and make me work to prove my point.

If your customers have to ask you for it, you haven't been thinking far enough ahead.

Remember thee! Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe.