Then we'll take the train to Paris tonight. There is a night train, isn't there? We'll catch it at Cannes.
— Francoise Sagan
Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical.
— Lili Taylor
I have written movies that won prizes at Cannes and Venice.
— Luciano Vincenzoni
When I have to go to Cannes, that is boring to me.
— Monica Bellucci
I've been to Cannes 15 or 16 times, and every time I go, there's a kind of soul-stirring feeling. — Gong Li
Representative democracy had been replaced by the surveillance camera and the private police force. — J.G. Ballard
There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival. — Salma Hayek
Cannes or any other major festival is basically an animal in its own nature, creating very specific perceptions of films in a moment. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Next time we will roll out the red carpet for you in the United States of Arabia, my brethren! — Leonard Leventon
I don't believe in competition for artistic things. I just like the atmosphere of the Cannes festival. I don't want to win anything or lose anything. — Woody Allen
When I jumped off a roof in Cannes in a bee costume, I looked ridiculous. But this is my business; I have to humiliate myself. — Jerry Seinfeld
Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest. — Berenice Bejo
Apart from 'Stoned,' I can't think of a film that's made me think, 'Blimey, that should have been at Cannes.' — Eric Fellner
My dad made a film called 'Willow' when he was a young filmmaker, which screened at the Cannes film festival, and people were booing afterwards. — Bryce Dallas Howard
a brief respite with the family in Cannes, he road tripped with Harvard — Amber Hunt
At least in America, the narrative is I'm a Cannes favorite. But, in fact, I've had my best experience in Venice, both with the audience and the jury. — James Gray
Cannes is a little bit like French wine. There are certain years that people prefer over others. — Rob Lowe
The first time that I came to Cannes, I think it was in 1953, I was 18 and unknown. — Brigitte Bardot
You don't want to meet anybody in Cannes. It's the worst place, I think, to meet somebody - one of the worst places. — Caleb Landry Jones
If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it is; otherwise, it's silly. — Mathieu Amalric
I like doing the promotional work. It's part of the film's process. Cannes was very wonderful to premiere. — Nicolas Winding Refn
Madness--that's all they have, after working sixteen hours a day, seven days a week. Going mad is their only way of staying sane. — J.G. Ballard
Money is being wasted on adverts that go right over a consumer's head. They may win awards at Cannes, but they lose at the cash register. — Jerry Della Femina
There is a little bit of everybody in everybody. — Leonard Leventon
So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year? — Christina Aguilera
I think Cannes is usually pretty fair in choosing what will play well to the home festival crowd. — Eric Fellner
The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources. — Kristin Scott Thomas
Going to see Godzilla at the Palais of the Cannes Film Festival is like attending a satanic ritual in St. Peter's Basilica. — Roger Ebert
To be able to work with people who I have respected and admired, to be a part of something like the Cannes Film Festival, is surreal and brilliant. — Luke Evans
In 2009, I went to Cannes with a short film in the Kodak emerging program at the American Pavilion. — Ryan Coogler
When I first got to Cannes, I was very insecure about everything, so I put on this extravagant facade. Can you blame me? I was 19. — Xavier Dolan
Being with Al Gore on the red carpet in Cannes was exciting - he's like a rock star unto himself! — Lawrence Bender
After Cannes, my agent told me to get the next flight to LA. He was right. I had a part in 'Prime Suspect 3' by the end of the week. — David Thewlis
I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time. — Georgina Chapman
