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'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.
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.
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.