Kristen Stewart opened up about her frustration with Hollywood’s bureaucracy and capitalistic systems, and why she does not want to direct big-budget films.

Kristen Stewart appears to have had enough of bureaucracy and capitalism in Hollywood. While promoting her new film Full Phil at the Cannes Film Festival, the 36-year-old actor delivered a sharp critique of the studio system and the way the American film industry operates. Stewart spoke candidly about her growing frustration with how films are financed and produced in the United States, arguing that the current system often stifles creativity and artistic freedom.

Ahead of the Midnight Screenings premiere of Full Phil at the Cannes Film Festival, Kristen spoke candidly about her frustration with an industry system that places heavy capitalist pressures and commercial expectations on creators, in a conversation with Variety. The actor explained that these limitations have increasingly pushed her towards collaborating with international filmmakers, where she feels there is often greater room for creative freedom. Reflecting on her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, Stewart also shared why she loves directing, while admitting that her artistic perspective does not always align with Hollywood’s profit-driven approach to filmmaking and strict distribution constraints.

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While reflecting on her directorial debut The Chronology of Water, which premiered exactly a year ago at the Cannes Film Festival, Kristen Stewart revealed that she already has two more films lined up that she is determined to direct on her own terms. The actor shared that she hopes to complete one project by the end of this year, while the other is expected to finish shooting by next April. Stewart explained that her goal with these films is not centred around commercial success, but rather about creating work for audiences who genuinely care about the art itself. While she said she would love for her projects to be distributed by indie studios such as A24 or Neon, she admitted that she does not see herself making large-scale Hollywood blockbusters, believing that such projects would ultimately compromise her artistic freedom.