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
Every time I go to leave for work he'll say, 'Are you going to be an astronaut today and find space aliens?' ... I'll say, 'No, honey. No spacesuit for me today.
I never know what's going to move me. I'm always surprised. And it's always a mystery to the people who work with me.
never wants to feel resentful on a film again. I can never work again for a bad person with a huge ego.
I think it works better with a woman, which is why I decided to do it, ... men know how to separate themselves from their child. Women lose that ability.
They're not your movie star; they're not your big names. ... There's something about their work and their inner life that I just love and am so attracted to.
The movie worked because people believed in her heroism. I won't play her with negative attributes she'd never have.
I don't like the outside world to intrude when I'm making a film. I like to either see my family or work, but I don't like to go out.
I don't need to be Tom Cruise. I just need to work forever.
You have to make a big effort to try to have a life, and that's important to you only if you spent your entire childhood not having one,
Every movie that I've had to really knock down the door for has been an enormous success for me. Not just like a financial success but a real personal success.
Every movie changes you. The process of making a film changes you.
I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to be a part of that process.
I don't see anyone walking around with a puppet on his hand in real life. Puppet therapy is very common for children. It's not something that adults take on.
I feel at various times in my life that I've been at a point where I had to choose between a death sentence and a life sentence. And I want to live. What do I do to live? What do I do to be vital? And the answer is always creativity. The answer is always art.