Audrey Tautou

I started off in this dreadful, vulgar film called 'The Libertine.' I was just learning. I needed the money. ”

I like when an image could be just one of several others which would create a story. That you can imagine who are those people or what would happen before, what's going to be next; I like when there's a past and a future that we can imagine when we see photos. ”

I am not super-attached to my career. ”

It might seem paradoxical given my profession, but I'm not someone who likes to be in the limelight. ”

Amelie' was a very precise, a very composed performance - ultra-defined, down to the tips of her fingernails, the ends of her hair. ”

Some films are pure entertainment of course, but what interests me and what I want to do are projects that really make you think, that move you, that will bring you something that will stay with you for a while. I think films are essential to the intellectual awakening of people. ”

I know what I'm worth as an actress: not the best in the world, but not bad either. ”

It's difficult to feel that people are looking at you in the street. I don't like the fuss. ”

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. ”

I have several plan Bs: I want to become a sailor; I like to draw; I would love to learn many things, but I don't have time. ”