That's the storyboard that we have in the beginning [of Valerian]. It's an easy shot. It's just a spaceship coming in. That's the first layout. On the first layout, we see the timing of the shot and the speed. It starts to get some shadows, and we see that everything is moving in the back.

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

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

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

I'm a big Star Wars fan.

We talked a lot with the musician. And for now there are few options, and I give him few weeks to come and surprise me with something. I don't want to start and say, okay here is what I want. Because maybe he has an idea that is better than mine.

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.