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].

I would rather stop [making movies] too soon than too late.

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.

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

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

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].

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