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So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year? -- Christina Aguilera
I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time. -- Georgina Chapman
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
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
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
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
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
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. -- Bong Joon-ho
I love the Cannes Film Festival. From the lavish parties and events to the red carpet attire, this star-studded week-long event is where I get a lot of inspiration for hair and fashion. -- Tabatha Coffey
I actually know the moment I became known. It was at the Cannes Film Festival, when they showed 'The Virgin Spring.' I walked into that theater as one person, and I walked out as another. -- Max von Sydow
When I met Bono at the Cannes Film festival while I was there for the film 'United 93,' he said to me, 'That's a great film, brother. Thank you for your courage in making it.' I plotzed. -- David Alan Basche
I remember in 1968 when we were in Cannes, in the festival, and we were supposed to be there 10 days, and the second day the festival collapsed because the French, you know, film-makers raised the red flag in the festival and ended the festival. -- Milos Forman
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. -- Jean-Luc Godard
For many years I enjoyed the pleasure of cruising on my yacht all summer long and these were my best holidays. In mid-May, we'd start in St Tropez. I'd collect my bikinis from my home there and then we'd go up to Cannes for the Film Festival, on to Monte Carlo for the Grand Prix and then to Italy. -- Ivana Trump
I quite like that people tend not to know my name. I remember being at the Cannes film festival for 'All or Nothing.' I looked very different in the film - I had a little greasy bob and no makeup. I went to a dinner after the screening, and everyone completely ignored me. I got a real buzz out of that. -- Lesley Manville
I'd met Sharon Tate at the Cannes Film Festival. -- Truman Capote
Arguably, the Venice Film Festival is the second best film festival in the world, after Cannes. -- Robert Englund
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
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. -- Craig Ferguson

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