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
Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.
There are lots of futurists that spend their whole life trying to figure out who we're going to be in 40, 50, 60, 100 years. That's the great thing about science fiction.
I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.
I don't find acting and directing schizophrenic in any way. I find it completely easy to move between the two.
I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.
It's a tough trick to be able to create an intelligent movie that has socio-political commentary, and also has the emotional and moving stuff, at the same time.
Adolescence is a tough one to be a child actor.
I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I've never been bored a day in my life.
Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.
I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.
I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.
But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a project.
But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.
I do think it's true that anytime somebody comes to you and says, "I'd like to be in your film," it's never good to dismiss them or make fun of them, because if they're passionate and driven enough, they very well might find a way to be in your film.