--- title: "1 Start Early Quotes By Luc Besson" description: "1 Start Early quotes by Luc Besson. Plus more from Luc Besson and more Start Early sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/luc-besson-14754_bigs_if-we-wanted-to-make-it-the-way-i-imagin_107953.jpg" --- > [If we wanted to make it the way I imagined I knew that we would have to wake up earlier and start very early. So we prep like crazy. And the competition you have is like Avatar, you have Star…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/if-we-wanted-to-make-it-the-way-i-imagined-i-knew-that-we-would-have/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/luc-besson-14754_bigs_if-we-wanted-to-make-it-the-way-i-imagin_107953.jpg) ## More by Luc Besson > [ Be humble and say okay, all right, I have to prep myself. So everybody prepped, and we finished the film \[Valerian \] four days… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/be-humble-and-say-okay-all-right-i-have-to-prep-myself-so-everybody/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [I try to follow my instinct as a moviegoer and I do the thing I would love to see it at a movie. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/i-try-to-follow-my-instinct-as-a-moviegoer-and-i-do-the-thing-i-would/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [If we wanted to make it the way I imagined I knew that we would have to wake up earlier and start very early.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/if-we-wanted-to-make-it-the-way-i-imagined-i-knew-that-we-would-have/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [I would rather stop too soon than too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/i-would-rather-stop-too-soon-than-too-late/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [I wanted to do something that was entertaining - but with a catch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/i-wanted-to-do-something-that-was-entertaining-but-with-a-catch/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [ Cara \[Delevingne\] I wanted to be sure that she would be involved. 'Cause she didn't do a lot of films before I met her,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/cara-delevingne-i-wanted-to-be-sure-that-she-would-be-involved-cause/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [ I have like 10 actors and 100 aliens in the film \[Valerian\]. And they come from the four corners of the universe. Some of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/i-have-like-10-actors-and-100-aliens-in-the-film-valerian-and-they/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [ We have \[in Valerian\] a bible that's 600 pages. There are five pages on each alien and where they come from. Even the address… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/we-have-in-valerian-a-bible-that-s-600-pages-there-are-five-pages-on/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [My concern 99% is about the storytelling, the emotion and all this. I never think about the format of anything until way far in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/my-concern-99-is-about-the-storytelling-the-emotion-and-all-this-i/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [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?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/it-s-always-the-small-people-who-change-things-it-s-never-the/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [When I got the camera on the shoulder, they give me a nickname. They call me 'the tripod' because I'm kind of short and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/when-i-got-the-camera-on-the-shoulder-they-give-me-a-nickname-they/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [ That's a KORTAN DAHUK. That's the first alien we see in the film \[Valerian\]. That's another artist. The first one was Chinese, the one… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/that-s-a-kortan-dahuk-that-s-the-first-alien-we-see-in-the-film/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [I don't want to show kids that I am smoking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/i-don-t-want-to-show-kids-that-i-am-smoking/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [“Don't look at Jaques as if he was a human being, he comes from another planet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/don-t-look-at-jaques-as-if-he-was-a-human-being-he-comes-from-another/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) > [ My biggest surprise is probably the level of involvement of all the artists \[in Valerian\] who participated at every level. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-besson/my-biggest-surprise-is-probably-the-level-of-involvement-of-all-the/) [Luc Besson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-besson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/start-early/luc-besson/#itemlist", "name": "1 Start Early Quotes By Luc Besson", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If we wanted to make it the way I imagined I knew that we would have to wake up earlier and start very early. 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