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
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 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.
I think that if you do an American movie it's important to earn some money, but in a stupid way, to be respected.
Usually, I read the script very often. I think that everything is hiding in the script.
I don't really know Hollywood, and I think that L.A. needs a bit of time to really know the city, because it's such a huge city.
I think when you're an adult you start to like the very things that make you different. If you obsess about some defect, you make it obvious to everyone, and suddenly everyone is staring at just that defect. It's always like that. The more you hide something, the more it shows. But when you accept your defect, suddenly no one on earth sees it anymore.
It's so easy and comfortable to lie to yourself. Success is to become who you are. I think Hollywood thinks in a totally different way. But I think that as a human being, and not only an actress, that's really how you lead a successful life.
I've never sent a Tweet. I think I have an account but I don't know who runs it. I've never done one in my life.
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.
I would love to occasionally do English-speaking films, but the script is as important for me as the director.
What I like about theatre is the responsibility you have with your character.
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.
I'm very interested in people, in general.