Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster
Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is an American actress, director and producer who has worked in films and on television. She has often been cited as one of the best actresses of her generation. Foster began her career at the age of three as a child model in 1965, and two years later moved to acting in television series, with the sitcom Mayberry R.F.D. being her debut. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she worked in several primetime television series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth19 November 1962
CountryUnited States of America
All the movies that I make in some ways have to be the story of my life. There are different chapters in my life.
I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it.
I love the way L A. leaves you alone. I can go home, read all day, and nobody bugs me.
I don't really think I have the personality. I am not very external. I don't want to dance on the table and do impressions. So I think that the way I approach it is really loving story. That's my first love - the words. The words and the story and how to create images. I guess I come at that as a director. I think that's much more in my personality to be a director, so that's kind of informed my acting.
Acting just happens to be my skill, but I think I would probably be just as happy being a technician or entering into the film business in some other way.
I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.
I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time, you know, that's kind of why I'm kind of pro dubbing.
I can't imagine ever not doing [acting]. I would feel like I would have lost a limb. But I am older now, and sometimes I wonder who I would have been and what about me would have changed had I not had these experiences as a young person
Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time.
~I used to think, What if there's an interesting movie and it conflicts with the boys going to a new school for the first time?... Well, I didn't anticipate that was going to be about a two-second dilemma. I didn't know the choices would be so easy to make.~
My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.
There is no doubt that each of us is born an individual. Why is it then that so many of us die carbon copies?
Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.
I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.