Luc Besson
Luc Besson
Luc Bessonis a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed or produced the films Subway, The Big Blue, and Nikita, all using a distinctive style dubbed Cinéma du look by critics. Besson has been nominated for a César Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his films Léon: The Professional and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. He won Best Director and Best French Director for his sci-fi action film The Fifth Element. He wrote and...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 March 1959
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
I think that I am a collaborative fascist. With Natalie it was different, she was only 11-years-old and Leon was her first film. And it's about a young girl who takes guns and shoots everywhere, so her parents were very scared, they didn't know me very well.
I'm still wet... no, no... I want to produce. I produce about three or four films a year.
The famous line about the French king was that he didn't even know what was going on. He said: "Is it a revolt?" And the other guy said: "No, it's a revolution." The king was thinking it was nothing.
So we had like five screens and people loved it and sent their friends and then the Japanese called and said: ""We want the long version, please.
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.
Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin.
I don't want to show kids that I am smoking.
I wanted to do something that was entertaining - but with a catch.
I would rather stop too soon than too late.
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.