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
The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.
I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.
I've worked with Neil Jordan, who I really adore. We did The Brave One [2007] together.
Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.
Privacy. Someday, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.
I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.
Interestingly, when you do films, sometimes you have conscious reasons, things that you were looking for, or stuff that you were trying to do. And then, you see the film and you think, "Wow, it ended up being something totally different!"
There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current. And wouldn't you know that your path was there all along, waiting for you to knock, waiting for you to become. This path does not belong to your parents, your teachers, your leaders, or your lovers. Your path is your character defining itself more and more every day.
It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.
Being an artist is a way of saying, I am here, and this is what I stand for.
I've only been to Dublin once, and I had a great time. I got completely soaked because it was rainy.
Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.
Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.
I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.