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

I said if I made 10 films in my life, I would be very lucky. That's how I meant it. My fear after my first one was whether they would let me make another one, so I had this goal in my head.

My biggest surprise is probably the level of involvement of all the artists [in Valerian] who participated at every level.

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.

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.