Jodie Foster

I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the…

— Jodie Foster

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

— Jodie Foster

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

— Jodie Foster

Look, it's terrible, I know, but weakness really, really bugs me, to the point that if there is a wounded bird on…

— Jodie Foster

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

— Jodie Foster

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

— Jodie Foster

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

— Jodie Foster

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

— Jodie Foster

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

— Jodie Foster

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

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

— Jodie Foster

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

— Jodie Foster

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

— Jodie Foster

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

— Jodie Foster

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

— Jodie Foster

We think, "If I have more money, I am more valuable. If I make more money, I am more valuable." It's all…

— Jodie Foster

Acting just happens to be my skill, but I think I would probably be just as happy being a technician or entering…

— Jodie Foster

I had a certain career as an actor that I think was quite personal as well, and had a lot of integrity,…

— Jodie Foster

It's a tough trick to be able to create an intelligent movie that has socio-political commentary, and also has the emotional and…

— Jodie Foster

It is every gay public figure's social responsibility to be out.

— Jodie Foster

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it. It allows you to…

— Jodie Foster

When I think about what part of my college experience came back in my work experience, I feel like it was learning…

— Jodie Foster

I make dark dramas, movies about people living in desperate fear who then overcome that fear and find a heroic side to…

— Jodie Foster

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.

— Jodie Foster

I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to…

— Jodie Foster