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
What I like about theatre is the responsibility you have with your character.
I'm not sure that it's easy to find very interesting female characters in Hollywood movies.
I show through my movies that I can do something else. But I always play strong-minded characters. I think it's maybe because I'm like that. I love being by myself.
It was new to play a woman who plays with her sincerity, and who is a seductress, a manipulator and a liar! I was able to compose a character as opposed to being very natural, so it was very interesting for me. It was great to realise that I could be this kind of real woman!
When I wanted to do this job it was for making movies not for the glitter. Of course with the fame I got more offers from different countries so it is great to have huge luxuries for an actor to work and to have the choice. But after, in life, I can't enjoy anonymity. But I can hide myself.
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.
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.