Audrey Tautou

I'm not sure I'm quite ready to have someone be a prospector of jobs for me, because I believe there's some kind of destiny involved with meeting people... some things are just meant to happen. ”

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. ”

In certain environments young adults can't choose their lives because of family pressure. In the bourgeoisie there is still a sense you will marry within that milieu. ”

When I was a teenager, I thought nothing would ever happen to me because my childhood was so normal. I had this complex of normality. ”

It was very difficult to go from relative anonymity to such huge success in such a short space of time. ”

I like the light that comes off metal shutters at siesta time in the summer, having a break from driving in the shops at motorway services, the odour of petrol at petrol stations, rolling down little slopes. I hate it when you tread in a puddle and the water soaks your socks. ”

Art - be it painting, sculpture, music - they are all creations, they are creative acts. I consider a film, with everything that is involved in it, an art. ”

I think that when you have that really strong desire to work with someone it's because, instinctively, you feel you have a certain kinship. ”

I would like to work with people whose films I really like: Walter Salles, Woody Allen, Julio Medem. ”

I'm not ready to do any compromises for my work. ”