Audrey Tautou Net Worth

Audrey Tautou's Quotes

• 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 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.
• I'm a tomb when it comes to my personal life. I never give even a mote of dust of that away."
• Hollywood doesn't need me. After 'Amélie,' I didn't get any offers that interested me. I have very eclectic tastes, but it's important for me that a movie be sensitive, clever and subtle.
• Everyone thinks I have an ethnic origin, and could be from North Africa or parts of Asia, or Italy and Spain. But, as far as I know, I'm 100-percent French.

Interesting Facts about Audrey Tautou

1. She nearly never got the chance to play the wonderful Amélie Poulain, as director Jean-Pierre Jeunet was considering British actress Emily Watson for the role of Amélie.
2. Was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in June 2004. Is now a member.
3. Ranked #29 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
4. Although invited, she did not plan on attending the private screening of Amélie (2001) organized and attended by President Jacques Chirac. She had a previous engagement with her brother (he was sworn in as a policeman that day). Director Jeunet told the French president that she was in Portugal. When she finally showed up, Jacques Chirac told her he thought she was in Portugal; she simply answered "you'll have to check your sources".
5. When Emily Watson dropped out of Amélie (2001), director Jean-Pierre Jeunet cast Tautou after seeing her on a billboard of the movie Vénus beauté (institut) (1999) in Paris near his home in Bastille.
6. After Amélie (2001), she and her sister went on a roadtrip in Indonesia where no one recognized her.
7. Once was told by a medium that she was going to be the mother of twins at age 30.
8. Studied at the Cours Florent in Paris.
9. Also studied literature at university.
10. Her father is a dental surgeon and her mother is a teacher.
11. She said that Meryl Streep, Paul Newman, Juliette Lewis, Jodie Foster, and Julianne Moore are her idols.
12. The band Brand New has song named after her, titled "Tautou", featured on their album "Deja Entendu".
13. Favourite movies are Barry Lyndon (1975) and Liefde zonder uitzicht (1960).
14. Grew up in Montluçon, in central France.
15. She takes pictures of her interviewers and puts them in scrapbook.
16. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#62). [2007].
17. Boyfriend is rock singer Matthieu Chedid, also known as "M".
18. Her parents named her after Audrey Hepburn.
19. Was ranked the 2nd most stylish woman of 2009 by Vogue UK.
20. Is the face of Chanel n°5.