Audrey Tautou Quotes

I got a lot of unwanted attention when I was young. I'd be at a tournament at age 9 and there'd be loads of people around me. It always made me feel funny.

When someone watches us eating, we feel exposed. We might also harbor a suspicion that the person staring wants to steal food from our plate. The taboo, in any case, is long-standing.

I flinch when I see my name in the newspapers.

I still get very uncomfortable and flushed on the street if somebody recognizes me or stops me. I don't know what to say. It's uncomfortable and strange.

I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit.

I don't go to the mall a lot 'cause girls scream and run at me, and I get shy.

It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.

I've always been uncomfortable, so to speak, when the focus is on me.

I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.

If I go to a restaurant, other people stare. The meal is ruined.

I was just sitting in Target, just getting over my cold. I blew my nose and I see these people looking at me and kind of whispering and pointing. Finally, I went, 'Is everything okay? Did I do something wrong? Do I have a booger on my face and no one's telling me?' I'm just not used to it.

It's really hard to go out knowing that you are going to be the center of attention just about anywhere you go and that it's not going to be in a positive way.

It's awful walking into a restaurant and having the whole room look at you, knowing what they're saying.

I'm a private person and being recognized makes me uncomfortable.

I hate being recognised on nights out.

Sometimes, I think 'The Spectator' is calculated to embarrass me.

I actually find it really hard to deal with people looking up to me or being interested in wanting a picture.

I put my foot in my mouth every time I'm interviewed.

I don't like my birthday. I don't like things that are directed towards me. It took me a long time to get over people asking me to write my name in the book.

I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother.

All my life, I've felt people are looking at me. So, when I became known, it was like, 'I'm not imagining this any more. People genuinely are staring at me. Oh, Christ, now they're coming over!'

I really hate being recognised. I'm quite a shy person, and I'm not very good at talking to strangers. So when people come up to me in the street, I just find it quite awkward. I don't really know what to say to them.

No, I wouldn't want the paparazzi ever following me in my life.

For some reason, people look at me and laugh. I don't know why.

There was a massive poster of me down my road, right outside the chip shop. I was about to go in, but then I saw it and changed my mind. Me coming out with a bag of chips, while I'm up there doing crunches on the poster... well, it would not look good.