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
I would love to occasionally do English-speaking films, but the script is as important for me as the director.
I think that if you do an American movie it's important to earn some money, but in a stupid way, to be respected.
I like to think in camera, but at the last minute the most important thing is that there is something happening between the actors. But good actors can have a lot of scenes going around them but sometimes it sort of helps the performance because it takes their mind off of who they are supposed to be.
I wouldn't mind being in an American film for a laugh, but I certainly don't want to be in Thingy Blah Blah 3, if you know what I mean.
When I was a little girl, I loved monkeys. I wanted to be a primatologist. I went to the careers office to ask how. Because nobody could give me a good answer, I opted for acting.
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.
In France we have a law which doesn't allow the press to publish a photo that you didn't approve. It lets the paparazzi take the picture, but if they publish this picture, you have the choice to sue the newspaper. So me, I always sued them.
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.
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.