Top 142 Cannes Quotes & Sayings

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.

The first time that I came to Cannes, I think it was in 1953, I was 18 and unknown.

Cannes is the largest festival of world cinema.

Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.

The Monaco Grand Prix is in May right around the time of Cannes.

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 place to be, like a fairytale.

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

As far as festivals, nothing tops Cannes.

We did receive some questions about the film's [Aquarius] sexuality in Cannes, but they came from the press rather than audiences.

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.

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

When I have to go to Cannes, that is boring to me.

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

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.

As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But it must be a paradise for distributors and importers.

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

Political perspective and the Cannes festival are linked almost as inextricably as fast-food consumption and detrimental effects on health.

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.

Apart from 'Stoned,' I can't think of a film that's made me think, 'Blimey, that should have been at Cannes.'

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

I think Cannes is usually pretty fair in choosing what will play well to the home festival crowd.

The monster has escaped Elba!" "The tyrant has landed at Cannes!" "Bonaparte meets the troops." "Napoleon approaches Paris." "His Imperial Majesty has entered the capital.

When you go to Cannes, people are there to fight, to scream - like football, the World Cup. Once I was working on a movie, and then when I went to Cannes, I went there to whistle at all the other movies in competition. You go to help your friends and fight with your friends' enemies.

Elle Fanning was fifteen when we started [The Neon Demon]. She turned seventeen during the shoot. Four weeks before Cannes, she turned eighteen. She had her prom at Cannes.

When the film [Certified Copy] was in the Cannes Festival, I realized that the fact of having it shot in a different culture, in a different language, in a different setting, that wasn't mine and that I didn't belong to, gave me a totally different relationship to the film. When I was sitting in the audience during the official screening in Cannes, I didn't feel that it was my film.

I watch the Cannes awards ceremony because I relate more to the films that are competing in Cannes than the ones competing for the Oscars.

I am the most senior actor in 'Devdas,' yet I was not invited to Cannes. I guess these things happen in the industry.

Though all festivals are important, this Cannes Festival starts off the season.

In terms of film festivals, Cannes is the greatest launch pad.

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.

My favorite destinations include places in south of France, including Cannes.

If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it is; otherwise, its silly.

I was super happy when I went to Cannes Film Festival - I got a full sponsorship from my favourite Danish brand, Mads Norgaard.

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.

My defining moment was when I finally went to Cannes and saw my name along with international filmmakers.

Technically, my husband and I are residents of the Alpes-Maritimes, where we are tucked away on our olive farm overlooking the Bay of Cannes in a corner that is, as yet, rather undiscovered.

I backpacked through France and Italy in my teens, and then I was at Cannes with the first movie I did in '84.

I like doing the promotional work. It's part of the film's process. Cannes was very wonderful to premiere.

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging

Cannes is a little bit like French wine. There are certain years that people prefer over others.

I've been to several international film festivals, including those in Locarno, Switzerland; Dubai; Russia; Berlin; Cannes; Bangkok; and Hong Kong.

'Devdas' is the first Hindi commercial film to be seen at Cannes. And 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' is getting a whole lot of appreciation abroad. I'm pleased.

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.

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 a film that's bordering on comedy has won in Cannes.

Playing big films on festivals is SO misguided. And I know where it comes from: it comes from the head of the festival thinking that he'll play with the big guys, like that's the way to do it and it's SO not the way to do it. It's where Cannes went wrong, it's where Toronto is going wrong. I mean, I got off the plane in Cannes this year and the streets were paved with posters from studio movies. Who cares about that? Why come to Cannes for that? You're going to be able to see all those films anyway - you're not going to be able to avoid them, so I don't get it. Obviously.

I was asked to go to Cannes to present Amores Perros. And little did I know that this film would be huge. I saw it for the first time in Cannes, and it was the first time I'd seen myself on such a big screen. And it had a huge impact on me - it was the strangest feeling.

The first time I went to Cannes, Gus Van Sant was there in competition with 'Last Days.'

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.

Cannes or any other major festival is basically an animal in its own nature, creating very specific perceptions of films in a moment.

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

In terms of finding that first international recognition of my work, coming back to Cannes is such a milestone in my life because it began actually with 'Devdas'.

Being with Al Gore on the red carpet in Cannes was exciting - he's like a rock star unto himself!

I was in Cannes two years ago at our 'U23D' movie premiere. I love the French.

In 2009, I went to Cannes with a short film in the Kodak emerging program at the American Pavilion.

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging.

Once a film is selected at Cannes, the crossover becomes very easy, thanks to the prestige and dignity it gains at Cannes.

I'd met Sharon Tate at the Cannes Film Festival.

When I was 20 years old, my uncle was an arthouse distributor, and he would take me to Cannes every year to work as a film scout.

I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.

Going to see Godzilla at the Palais of the Cannes Film Festival is like attending a satanic ritual in St. Peter's Basilica.