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.

The FIRST TIME I went to Cannes, Gus VAN Sant was there in COMPETITION with 'Last DAYS.'

Cannes is the largest FESTIVAL of WORLD CINEMA.

I was in Cannes TWO YEARS ago at our 'U23D' movie PREMIERE. I LOVE the FRENCH.

The PREMIERE of Lynne Ramsay's film of 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' at the Cannes film festival provides an apt juncture at which to celebrate the miraculous power - not of film but of FICTION. LO, I have CREATED a monster.

I have WRITTEN MOVIES that won PRIZES at Cannes and Venice.

Filmmaking is not about GENDER. You cannot ask a PRESIDENT in a FESTIVAL LIKE Cannes to have, like, five movies directed by WOMEN and five by men.

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.

You GET these horrifying straight-to-video things for very LITTLE money, then you go to the Cannes FILM Festival, and they got some poster of you, 40 ft. high, in the worst movie in the WORLD.