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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, you know you are going to be criticised. I have no problem with the fact that I expose myself and the movie, and it's normal that I can disagree with the way some people feel.

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.

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

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.

You don't want to meet anybody in Cannes. It's the worst place, I think, to meet somebody - one of the worst places.

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.

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

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

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