Approach Quote by Mathieu Amalric

Cannes is a sort of gladiators' arena, and that's the fun part of it. When you accept to come here to open the festival,…

— Olivier Dahan

Cannes is a circus, so you have to have fun with it. Everything suddenly becomes funny. And the promotion of a movie - that's…

— Mathieu Amalric

Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical.

— Lili Taylor

Cannes is a fun festival, but some people use it as a place to smash a movie, or to destroy it.

— Karl Glusman

Until you've been to Cannes, it's hard to describe to someone the magnitude of that festival.

— Taylor Sheridan

You hear people saying, 'Oh I'm so tired, I've had enough of Cannes.' How can you have enough of Cannes? It's just the best…

— Marjane Satrapi

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

Everybody said that a film that funny can't win because normally your Cannes winner will be something more serious. It's not very often that…

— Claes Bang

As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But it must…

— Bong Joon-ho

I've been to Cannes 15 or 16 times, and every time I go, there's a kind of soul-stirring feeling.

— Gong Li

You know, some people say that Cannes is the worst place in the world to see cinema. It's a paradox. They have the new…

— Miguel Gomes

When you premiere somewhere like Cannes, it's huge. It's nerve-wracking.

— Todd Haynes