Sasha Lane Quotes

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

Until you've been to Cannes, it's hard to describe to someone the magnitude of that festival.

Cannes is the largest festival of world cinema.

Though all festivals are important, this Cannes Festival starts off the season.

I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.

Awards season is big for me - I love following all the films and who might be nominated.

The first time that I came to Cannes, I think it was in 1953, I was 18 and unknown.

Apart from 'Stoned,' I can't think of a film that's made me think, 'Blimey, that should have been at Cannes.'

I've never been to Hollywood. I can count the number of times I've been to Los Angeles on my hands. I've never made a movie there and I've never been there for working reasons. The only reason to go there is for silly awards shows.

To go to the Oscars for 'Moneyball' - that was pretty amazing.

The thing about living in Los Angeles and doing a lot of movies is that you get to go to a lot of premieres, and, regardless of whether or not you're a celebrity, you still get to walk down the red carpet and then have everyone sort of screaming your name. The pictures never get printed anywhere, but they are nonetheless taking your picture.

Red carpets are awful. They're like a kind of purgatory - you stand there, and there are cameras flashing everywhere. One of my first red carpets was in Cannes for 'The Great Gatsby,' and I'd never seen anything like it.

I didn't really know what to expect. I had been told about the scale of Cannes, but nothing could have prepared me for just how many people would turn out for our photo calls or for the opening ceremony.

Since childhood, I have been watching the Filmfare Awards, and it has always been very special to anyone who works in the film industry.

Cannes is a lot of work, since it's a market festival and a serious festival, and they really work you, understandably.

I first visited the Toronto fest in 1979, its fourth edition, when it was known as the Festival of Festivals and had an audience of about 40,000. I happily returned to the 10-day skein nearly every year thereafter, as attendance swelled to 400,000 and it grew into the most influential film festival in North America, perhaps the world.

Cannes is one of the biggest film festivals across the globe, and getting your film selected for a screening is quite a big achievement.

In terms of film festivals, Cannes is the greatest launch pad.

I've been to several international film festivals, including those in Locarno, Switzerland; Dubai; Russia; Berlin; Cannes; Bangkok; and Hong Kong.

I pay attention when the Academy Awards come around. I haven't watched them in a while, but I used to watch them religiously when I was a kid.

I'm not invited to the Vanity Fair dinner where they watch the Oscars - or even the Oscars themselves - so I sit at home and watch it with a bunch of close friends.

It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.

The Hollywood Film Awards were really stressful. It was the biggest press line I'd ever seen.

Sundance is just a great place for your work to be seen. Not much more to say about it than that.

I don't go to premieres I'm not involved in.