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
Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I make dark dramas, movies about people living in desperate fear who then overcome that fear and find a heroic side to… — 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 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
As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I… — 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
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
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
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 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'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
I like dramas. I've always liked dramas. And I'm a pretty light person. I don't consider myself a very dramatic person. But… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ... That's… — 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)
