People come to Cannes just to advertise their films, not with a particular message. But the advantage is that if you go to the festival, you get so much press coverage in three days that it advertises the film for the rest of the year.
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.
When I have to go to Cannes, that is boring to me.
There would have been no Beats deal without the Samsung deal. It showed the number one company the importance of connecting with culture.
I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.
The Cannes film festival is about big-budget films but also remarkable films made in different political regimes by film-makers with little resources.
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.
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'.
Going to see Godzilla at the Palais of the Cannes Film Festival is like attending a satanic ritual in St. Peter's Basilica.
The first time that I came to Cannes, I think it was in 1953, I was 18 and unknown.
Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.
I'd met Sharon Tate at the Cannes Film Festival.
Vincent Gallo has put a curse on my colon and a hex on my prostate. He called me a 'fat pig' in the New York Post and told the New York Observer I have 'the physique of a slave-trader.' He is angry at me because I said his 'The Brown Bunny' was the worst movie in the history of the Cannes Film Festival... it is true that I am fat, but one day I will be thin, and he will still be the director of 'The Brown Bunny.'
I like doing the promotional work. It's part of the film's process. Cannes was very wonderful to premiere.
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.
Each year we go to the Cannes film festival and I tend to have all my friends pile in the back of my car and we'll drive from London. The poor production company think they're only putting me up and suddenly they've got eight people sleeping on my hotel room floor.
Every year there's a jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Getting on the jury is very competitive in France. Not because the French love cinema, but because they love to judge.
I actually remember getting asked when we were at the Cannes Film Festival, what I expected to do next. I remember feeling like there was no way I could've imagined that something like Tetro would have happened to me.
