Luc Besson Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Because 10 is good, you know, the 10 commandments, it's good in a library - 10 DVDs... and Snow-white and the 10 Dwarfs.

I love that because I work one hour per day. And I see the director at the end of the day and I just say: "Oh yes, change this, and that's good, fine... " It's great, I love that.

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.

Obviously at 11 she didn't smoke, she was against it. She was already responsible. She said: "I don't want to show kids that I am smoking."

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.

There are a few directors that I really loved who made like five, six great movies, but are still shooting and they're not good anymore and I'm sad.

Trivia

Luc owns his own production company Les Films de Dauphins.

Luc wrote and produced the film L?on - The Professional in 1994, because he liked

Luc was first married to

Luc used to date Ma?wenn Le Besco. They had a child together (Shana born 1993).

Luc was married for less than two years with famous actress

Luc hates to film outside, so he produces often in fully-enclosed sets with no natural lighting.

Luc's dream job as child was marine biologist, but an accident at the age of 17 destroyed his plans.

Luc was president of the jury at Cannes Film Festival in the year 2000.

Luc grew up in Greece and former Yugoslavia where is parents worked as diving instructors for Club Med holiday parks.