Luc Besson Quotes
I think we have the wrong notion of commercial and intellectual or artistic film. Because all films are commercial.
Quotes to Explore
-
I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking.
-
I love music, and can dance on the desi beats. Punjabi music is my favourite. I listen to artists like Honey Singh. I love his music. I also love watching Bollywood films.
-
I cry at films and TV and even adverts.
-
TV and films are same for me. I took a decision to be an actor, and I am an actor. I never decided to be TV actor or film actor.
-
I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.
-
I love doing kids' films.
-
All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.
-
I've done a lot of sorts of films that are under the radar.
-
Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.
-
I am my biggest critic. Even in films where people said they liked me, I have disliked myself.
-
If people are looking forward to my films, then I am happy, and I must be doing something right.
-
I prefer doing feature films.
-
I am interested in classic building development, such as hotels and residential homes, rather than commercial properties.
-
Basically, I love films where everything is great and life is good.
-
My family don't watch a lot of what I do. Films are a bit too arty-farty for them, certainly the ones I do!
-
In feature films, unless there was a body count, they weren't hiring me to direct it.
-
I am constantly swimming on the margin, neither 100% American, French, nor Lebanese. I am none of those. I am the result of those three. Sometimes it's an asset: no one can put you in a category. That I do not make typical Lebanese, European or American films does not bother me.
-
I have died in enough TV and films.
-
I love being able to change from big films to small films.
-
We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)
-
In case you don't know this, we're not in the '90s anymore. Indie cinema does not reign.
-
And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still!
-
I think we have the wrong notion of commercial and intellectual or artistic film. Because all films are commercial.
