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
Jodie Foster quotes about
I don't find acting and directing schizophrenic in any way. I find it completely easy to move between the two.
I've got that Irish thing going on. Lots of Irish in my background.
I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.
I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it.
I saw leaving college as an opportunity to do something different with my life. I always thought that becoming an academic was going to be my path.
I've worked with Neil Jordan, who I really adore. We did The Brave One [2007] together.
I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life.
Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.
I've only been to Dublin once, and I had a great time. I got completely soaked because it was rainy.
I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.
I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.
I didn't grow up really wanting to be an actor. I don't remember ever not being an actor.
I'm a technician. I don't go for the get-into-the-role stuff. I read the lines and play the scenes.
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.