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

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

What a director is looking for is someone who will follow you and no matter what. And if you ask for blue, he's gonna try blue. And if you say, give me a piece of red with it, and they try. And you don't mind so much if it's difficult to get the blue and the red together. As long as they try. And as long as they give everything they can to give you what you want. That's what I'm looking for.

We were so ready [with Valerian] that we were early, which is unheard of in the history of the sci-fi film.

Sometimes I see people finish a film and they go, "Yeah, that was good. Where are we going to eat?"

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.

If you're someone from the government and you meet people from other countries, you want to know who you're dealing with. It's the same for them [in Valerian].