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'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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
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
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
Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem. — Jodie Foster Copy Share
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
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
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
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
But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy. — Jodie Foster Copy Share
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
Where I have problems is when I am in the midst of doing something that I am completely focused on, and then I am… — Jodie Foster Copy Share
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… — Jodie Foster Copy Share
When I go into the stores, I pet the saddles. Until security comes and takes me away. — Jodie Foster Copy Share
