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.
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Related I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON Italy to me is like the mean mother. Whatever I do, it's never good enough. People say I'm t... ASIA ARGENTO About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN You don't want to meet anybody in Cannes. It's the worst place, I think, to meet somebody - ... CALEB LANDRY JONES Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN I'm a low-key guy. So I like going to places and not being known. So it's weird when people ... BRYSON TILLER I get so tired of people saying, 'Oh, you only make fantasy films and this and that', and I&... TIM BURTON At least in America, the narrative is I'm a Cannes favorite. But, in fact, I've had my best ... JAMES GRAY Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN It's so important for girls to respect themselves and not put themselves down and say, 'Oh, ... DAVID ARCHULETA Apart from 'Stoned,' I can't think of a film that's made me think, 'Blimey, that... ERIC FELLNER Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA I've been to Cannes 15 or 16 times, and every time I go, there's a kind of soul-stirring fee... GONG LI One day I'm lugging walls back and forth in Louisville, and the next day I'm at Cannes givin... CHRIS EIGEMAN Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest. BERENICE BEJO I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ... JACK GILBERT I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough. BRYAN FERRY I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time. GEORGINA CHAPMAN Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL To be let go from a soap opera is the most embarrassing confidence basher in the world. It's lik... CAM GIGANDET From the moment this baby came into our home, those two dogs have never been more in love. It's ... CHARLIZE THERON It's a strange thing that we're actors, and we're always playing a character, and then s... RACHEL BROSNAHAN I don't think it's good to run on anger, but it's really great when that's the first... JOSH HOMME I try my best to confront situations because I know, at the end of the day, you can deal with it or ... JADA PINKETT SMITH It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like i... D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-ni... SAM SMITH Working on 'Nightmare Before Christmas,' I had endless arguments, like the studio saying, ... TIM BURTON For a long time, I thought when you do a box set, you're giving up; you're saying, 'OK, ... BOB SEGER There's not enough time in each day to really focus enough attention on any one thing, but I'... ALEX GUARNASCHELLI I still have people saying to me, 'Oh, you're still together?' They don't realize Le... VIVIAN CAMPBELL I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role. Maybe I've just done e... GREG KINNEAR People ask me, 'How's 'Teen Wolf?' and I tell them it's literally the best job I... SHELLEY HENNIG Here's the funny thing about the response I've been aware of to my dating famous people: It&... DAX SHEPARD I just love carbs. And when I'm on vacation I definitely allow myself carbs, so it's always ... ASHLEY TISDALE Cannes is a sort of gladiators' arena, and that's the fun part of it. When you accept to com... OLIVIER DAHAN So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year? CHRISTINA AGUILERA When I'm rapping, like, a turn up song, I'm thinking about what the people want to hear; thi... TINK I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON I've never been good at getting on people's nerves, and from the little quotes I read, it... ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a r... J. COLE It's very hard to say I'm surrealist. It's like saying I'm poetic. It's not some... MICHEL GONDRY I have caught my reflection and thought, 'Oof. That girl is struggling. That girl is tired.'... MELISSA MCCARTHY I was quite a successful evangelist. I've had people write to me and say, 'Gee, I'm a Ch... DANIEL EVERETT The idea that I am cynical because I'm writing the books that I write is a bit like someone sayi... BEN SCHOTT With 'Rampart,' I read it and I'm like, 'That's the best role I've ever been... WOODY HARRELSON I'm old enough to have friends and contemporaries who have long since retired, and that's th... MIKE LEIGH I don't care what I look like; it's how people think of me. And I do care how people think o... MILLIE BOBBY BROWN We already have a sabbatical system. It's called opposition, and I've had enough of it. NIGEL LAWSON I'm a liability to them - I'm a woman, I'm empowered, I'm an artist. I've had ex... ALANIS MORISSETTE You won't see a picture of me rolling around in a gutter, but I sometimes have a photo taken whe... PIXIE LOTT At times I've got a really big ego. But I'll tell you the best thing about me. I'm some ... JOHN DENVER When I talk about my husband, I feel as if people roll their eyes. It's like when you're 16 ... MEGAN FOX People have always said, are you gay? I've had a lot of that. But it's just not in me. I rea... RUSSELL BRAND I'd live in Glasgow if I could. I can't praise it enough; it's the nicest place I have e... ROXANNE MCKEE The person who lets them get you down, any kind of problem, is the person that fades out. So you'... TOM BENSON I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of hav... AARON DOUGLAS Funny enough, if you are looking at people these days who are putting Botox in their face and gettin... GUY PEARCE I'm a little sheepish about it. Whenever I meet fans and they're like, 'Oh, you're s... IDRIS ELBA When I first started going to Portland, people told me about Stumptown. They were like 'Oh, it... FRED ARMISEN I've always been a late bloomer, so I never feel like, 'Oh, I'm gettin' older; I gue... MEGAN MULLALLY Sometimes I'm so tired, I look down at what I'm wearing, and if it's comfortable enough ... REBECCA ROMIJN I guess I'm in a state of becoming. Even though I've had a full career and I've been aro... VALERIE SIMPSON I'm a fixer, unfortunately. I'm like, 'Oh, I can fix you.' But it's not just guy... HALSEY I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'... BEBE REXHA Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've had a lot of people tell me I'm not good enou... RENEE OLSTEAD I've always loved 'Umbrella.' Funny enough, my ex-husband wrote that, and I'm not sa... CHRISTINA MILIAN It's funny, because I've never thought of myself as a Hispanic actor, like in 'American ... YUL VAZQUEZ I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'... ELTON JOHN You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's ver... NOEL GALLAGHER If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it i... MATHIEU AMALRIC At first, before you meet her, you're like, 'I'm gonna meet Angelina Jolie! I'm talk... FINN WITTROCK I'm not used to crying. It's a little difficult. All my life I've had to fight. It's... SERENA WILLIAMS When I met Bono at the Cannes Film festival while I was there for the film 'United 93,' he s... DAVID ALAN BASCHE That's the thing I'm worst at: resting. I have to be forced to do it. Sometimes I think of l... RONDA ROUSEY I'm a hopeless romantic and I believe that you can find love in many different places and be ver... RACHEL MCADAMS Sometimes I want to just pull the off switch, but you can't because if you go outside, you have ... NICKI MINAJ Oh, it's essential. I mean, you have to - if I'm writing about the Middle East, I have to go... JOE SACCO I've been lucky enough - well, maybe unlucky enough - to have had a lot of friends who have had ... CHRIS EVANS When you're doing exactly what you want to do, it's not tiring. You've been planting the... COLMAN DOMINGO I've actually got turned down for a lot of roles because I'm not bubbly enough. People have ... EMILY BROWNING I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to sho... IAN SOMERHALDER Don't try to be young. Just open your mind. Stay interested in stuff. There are so many things I... BETTY WHITE
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