'My ambition is just not big enough': Audrey Tautou reveals she couldn't cope with the pressures of Hollywood

She's been in movies such as Amelie and The Da Vinci Code.

But despite her blockbuster roles, French actress Audrey Tautou has revealed she is just not ambitious enough to crack Hollywood, The Daily Mail reports.

The 36-year-old star said she would never consider moving to Los Angeles, meaning that a chance of a mainstream Hollywood career is less than likely.

She told the Radio Times magazine: 'Getting a role, like in The Da Vinci Code, that's fine. Once in a while, I would love to, but it doesn't work like that. They are not just going to come and pick me up as an actress, with all the wonderful actresses they have.
If you want to build a career in Hollywood, that is different. You have to move there. And for a French person like me... I would have to be away from my friends and family.

'Cinema is my passion. I admire American directors and love American movies. But my life is also something which is very important, and my ambition is not big enough.'

Tautou, who has been gracing the red carpet at this year's Cannes Film Festival, added: 'In Hollywood, there is a very important marketing, business, branding side.

'And I really don't think I could be formatted for that.'
Tautou also revealed that another reason she decided not to pursue a Hollywood career is because she did not want 'every single millimetre' of her body being scrutinised.

She said: 'I am very French. And in Hollywood, the pressure is different. It's not the same in France.
'Of course, the idea of being "bankable" in France exists, but it's not as unforgiving.'

Tautou, who starred as Coco Chanel in the 2009 French film about the famed fashion designer, said of Hollywood: 'People staring at every single millimetre of your body and what you wear, it is a huge pressure.
'Some people are happy with that, but me, non.'

Now she is set to appear in the lead role of an unhappily married woman in French film Therese Desqueyroux, set in the 1920s.