There are conscious reasons and unconscious reasons why I pick something. You know, I have to be moved by the story and… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time, you know, that's kind of why I'm… — 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 think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I don't really think I have the personality. I am not very external. I don't want to dance on the table and… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a room at all times but no matter… — 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 think there is something to being curious about your choices, but not wanting to kind of pierce the bubble of them,… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
All of the thinking and planning that you do to get there, and then, in one minute, in one second, it just… — 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