Luc Besson Quotes
Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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From my point of view, I'm a totally normal person! Really! I have a family. I have kids. I have a house... I don't have a dog.
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I think the attraction to Israeli women stems from the fact that we're exotic and the fact that there are many talented and beautiful women in Israel. I think that there is also greater awareness of Israel than before in the movie industry.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean something.
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We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.
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Everyone wants to psychoanalyze me. I don't know why.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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I have a huge passion for animals and while retirement is a long way off, when I do I would love to do something with animals.
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If you want to be promoted into the first league of carmakers, then you can't just follow suit.
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Men are kids at heart. They want to be nourished and pet like a dog.
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He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count 'em up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.
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We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.
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I am a complete, mature, self-sufficient being.
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Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin.
