Audrey Tautou
Audrey Tautou
Audrey Justine Tautou; born 9 August 1976) is a French actress and model. Signed by an agent at age 17, she made her acting debut at 18 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Venus Beauty Institute, for which she received critical acclaim and won the César Award for Most Promising Actress. Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Le Libertin and Happenstance...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth9 August 1976
CityBeaumont, France
CountryFrance
It's difficult to feel that people are looking at you in the street. I don't like the fuss.
I've never really had a relationship with Hollywood. I've never had a desire to work there.
I've received some English-speaking scripts, but I was not interested in them.
People in France are very intrusive when they recognize you. In New York, they are very polite, with quick words, so it's great.
I'm not ready to do any compromises for my work.
I can be maternal with my friends.
I would love to occasionally do English-speaking films, but the script is as important for me as the director.
When you decide to adapt some Russian novel, it's like everyone knows about it but nobody has read it.
A certain type of critic doesn't really want French movies to be visual. They think movies started from books and they forgot this part of moviemaking, like Chaplin and Buster Keaton, which I didn't forget.
I like movies that have strong personalities, and Michel Gondry is so creative that his films are always something special to watch.
What I like about theatre is the responsibility you have with your character.
I'm not inspired by any career because I don't have any expectations.
I really like to discover a new culture, a new country, a new rhythm of living. I really, really like that. I think that's the most enriching thing, for my nature, because I like the psychology of people.
Coco Chanel really wanted to have freedom of a man, and at first the only way she could find that freedom was through the clothes. They freed her movement; she got rid of the corset. This imposed her not as a decoration but as a real personality. She invented a new way of seductions through these clothes.