I didn't grow up really wanting to be an actor. I don't remember ever not being an actor. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Acting just happens to be my skill, but I think I would probably be just as happy being a technician or entering… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
As an actor, I'm always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I'm always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I've… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing.… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I did a couple of plays in junior high school, maybe high school, and then I did a play in college. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I had a certain career as an actor that I think was quite personal as well, and had a lot of integrity,… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I don't have a burning desire to act, strangely enough. I don't know that if I hadn't been an actor as a… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I don't direct so that I can have an identity and so I can go on to CGI movies. I had a… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
It was a weird moment in my life and a weird experience [doing a theater]. It made me think, "Gee, I don't… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships with kids my own age. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Look, it's terrible, I know, but weakness really, really bugs me, to the point that if there is a wounded bird on the sidewalk,… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you really don't understand why something is important to you until you get halfway through the movie - or maybe even all the… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I think I missed all of the wonderful things ... I missed the control that you have in film, and I missed getting it… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I'm a technician. I don't go for the get-into-the-role stuff. I read the lines and play the scenes. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago in the stone age — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
![“It was a weird moment in my life and a weird experience [doing a theater]. It made me think, "Gee, I don't know if I ever want to do this again." And I love theater. I love going. I love the experience of theater. But I am not sure it's for me.” quote by Jodie Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3d0/jodie-foster-2055_ifs_it-was-a-weird-moment-in-my-life-and-a-w_926828.jpg)
