Jodie Foster

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

— Jodie Foster

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

— Jodie Foster

I was a literature major in college and that was my thing, books.

— Jodie Foster

Adolescence is a tough one to be a child actor.

— Jodie Foster

I suppose that's my one little secret, the secret of my success.

— Jodie Foster

It is every gay public figure's social responsibility to be out.

— Jodie Foster

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

— Jodie Foster

Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time.

— Jodie Foster

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

— Jodie Foster

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

— Jodie Foster

I like to be in a different place when I make a movie so that I can't really focus on anything else,…

— Jodie Foster

I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to…

— Jodie Foster

People say as a woman actor your career is over at 40. But then they told me I would never work again…

— Jodie Foster

I love the way L A. leaves you alone. I can go home, read all day, and nobody bugs me.

— Jodie Foster

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.

— Jodie Foster

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be very cultural, but it's not acceptable.

— Jodie Foster

I absolutely love religions and the rituals. Even though I don't believe in God, we celebrate pretty much every religion in our…

— Jodie Foster

Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the…

— Jodie Foster

I don't think there is anything good about fame. 'Tables in restaurants.' People say that but, then again, why don't you just…

— Jodie Foster

In a weird way, that's the beauty of being an actor. You get to live out things that you're afraid of, and…

— Jodie Foster

Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express…

— Jodie Foster

I make movies about people in spiritual crisis because it's a way for me to spend the time, the energy, the focus…

— Jodie Foster

I don't like it when reviews aren't about the movie. When they're about how much money somebody made, or who they're sleeping…

— Jodie Foster

Everybody reads for me. I was never weird about that. I never minded coming in and reading. They should know if I'm…

— Jodie Foster

Eventually this all passes. The public horrors of today eventually blow away. And, yes, you are changed by the awful wake of…

— Jodie Foster

I'd like to work more as a director. It's distracting being an actor, because - there's a lot of reasons. You find…

— Jodie Foster

I'm an atheist. But I absolutely love religions and the rituals. Even though I don't believe in God. We celebrate pretty much…

— Jodie Foster

I'd prefer not to act in the film I'm directing. I think, though, as an actor, you do learn how to turn…

— Jodie Foster

I think I missed all of the wonderful things ... I missed the control that you have in film, and I missed…

— Jodie Foster

There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current. And wouldn't you know…

— Jodie Foster

How could you ask me to believe in God when there's absolutely no evidence that I can see? I do believe in…

— Jodie Foster

Definitely, there's a lot of trouble you come up against when you're acting and directing, about your performance. Sometimes it's hard to…

— Jodie Foster

“Books have always been my escape - where I go to bury my nose, hone my senses, or play the emotional tourist…

— Jodie Foster

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

— Jodie Foster

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

— Jodie Foster

I do almost all my movies in French. I dub them.

— Jodie Foster

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

— Jodie Foster

I don't need to be Tom Cruise. I just need to work forever.

— Jodie Foster

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

— Jodie Foster

I will always love psychology, and the basis of psychology is family.

— Jodie Foster