We have [in Valerian] a bible that's 600 pages. There are five pages on each alien and where they come from. Even the address you can check on the map. On the star map. It's real numbers.

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.

I have to forget in order to find peace in my soul and be able to forgive.

And when she dreams, she dreams of a girl who was lost at sea but one day found the shore.

For me, the most important thing is that I feel comfortable with the actor that I'm working with and I'm able to talk to them.

I don't even want to have things associated with my name on the internet - it's very dangerous.

In my spare time, I smoke acres of weed.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

They’re always like, 'That’s not what happened in the books, so the show’s really bad now.' But really, they just feel insecure because they’re used to knowing what’s coming next.

I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison.

Trust is kind of this economic lubricant. When trust is high, morale is high. ... Higher trust environments produce individuals who are happier.

So for a long time I closed my eyes to the possibility of America having a white voice.