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Cannes is the oldest film festival in the world, and I've long dreamed of having one of my films there in competition. It's a dream that lay dormant for a long time; I stopped believing in it.

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

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.

Cannes is a circus, so you have to have fun with it. Everything suddenly becomes funny. And the promotion of a movie - that's where you really need to be a good actor. You need to make journalists believe that what you're saying is just for them and you've never said it before, even when you're talking about the same film over and over again.

It's a privilege to be able to be involved with people as talented as the people I've had the luck to work with, and it's just been a great experience for me, and I'm glad that so many of the films I've had the luck to do were films that could be enjoyed by families together.

Making films is great. You've got 100 people around and you're all dressing up and making weird art-it's a fun group activity.

It's incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is opened up and shared with the world.

I like the idea of working in different genres and transcending genres and hopefully finding success, and ultimately make movies people like.

The whole idea of a festival to me is that filmmakers get to interact. You see someone strolling, you get to meet them and tell them you like their work, you admire their story.

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