Character Quotes by Jodie Foster

8 Character quotes by Jodie Foster

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Jodie Foster’s eight brief statements on character carry the weight of a seasoned performer’s introspection. Each line offers a measured, nuanced view of how identity is crafted and performed.

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

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As an actor, I'm always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I'm always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of…

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I don't know if you've ever seen some of the Sidney Lumet movies, like Dog Day Afternoon [1975] or Network [1976]. They're…

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Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.

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With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing.…

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As time goes on, I will play characters who get older: I don't want to be some Botoxed weirdo.

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I look back at my career when I was younger and can connect what I was going through at the time with…

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I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have…

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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…

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I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships with kids my own age.

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Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

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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,…

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I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.

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Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to…

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Sometimes, you really don't understand why something is important to you until you get halfway through the movie - or maybe even all the…

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

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But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.

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I'm a technician. I don't go for the get-into-the-role stuff. I read the lines and play the scenes.

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

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

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Where I have problems is when I am in the midst of doing something that I am completely focused on, and then I am…

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I was one of those avid moviegoers as a kid, and we didn't have video, so we went to see everything five times. I…

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When I go into the stores, I pet the saddles. Until security comes and takes me away.

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