Quotes About Festivals

The quality of festival Q&As is often a matter of chance. Sometimes the lights come up on movies I loved, and not a single meaningful question is asked. Sometimes it's the opposite.

In the U.S., we were slow to evolve and build a festival capability.

A lot of movies are made, but because they come to film festivals and your movie doesn't get bought by a studio or a distributor, your movie doesn't get seen.

I love U.K. festivals because people go to watch as many bands as possible. They aren't just there to see their favourites; they'll be there all day long.

I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.

We've played quite a few festivals now. We can take care of it, no matter where we are.

Festivals are great because you get to just walk around the corner and see a new band that you've heard but not had the chance to check out.

Sometimes when you're playing certain festivals you're no' allowed to announce other dates, if you know what I mean?

People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.

I really do try and play as many festivals as possible.

I see most of my movies at festivals.

The really cool thing about festivals is that you're getting to play in front of a whole lot of people who have never heard of us before. That's exciting. At the same time, it's a little bit of a challenge to capture the attention of people who have already seen a lot of bands.

One of my favourite things about living in the U.K. is having that chance to go to festivals.

It's just really cool to go to countries and play festivals for people who don't really know your band or don't ever get to see it. It's really nice.

All my friends are usually at festivals... I just have so much adrenaline running, I literally could run a marathon after my shows.

Apart from working on music, I'd rather play big festivals than almost anything else.

When it's my show, I know that everybody is there to see me - but I like a challenge, and I like the fact that at festivals not everybody is there to see me, but I have the chance to convert people.

I love that there's always something happening at festivals. It takes some of the pressure away, too, because you're one person on the bill.

I always celebrate festivals - whether it's Holi or Diwali.

I never go to film festivals. I am allergic to them.

Film festivals give less of a platform to mainstream films because they already have a market.

We have to be responsible towards the environment when we celebrate our festivals.

It's not a big deal to send a film to the festivals, but yes, winning an award is huge. When you send a film at festivals, people talk about you and your work, and one gets great exposure.

Often I go to book festivals and they just turn authors into celebrities.'