Directors Quotes by Jodie Foster

8 Directors quotes by Jodie Foster

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Jodie Foster shares eight succinct thoughts on directors, reflecting her seasoned actor‑director insight and emphasis on narrative integrity. The brief set offers a clear window into her professional respect.

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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…

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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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So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

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Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility.

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By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.

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As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I…

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I don't really think I have the personality. I am not very external. I don't want to dance on the table and…

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Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ... That's…

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

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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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