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Jodie Foster

(1962) Film Producer United States

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Jodie Foster is a film producer from the United States, best known for Backtrack.

Quick Facts About Jodie Foster

Born: November 19, 1962
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Producer
Notable works: Backtrack
Spouse: Alexandra Hedison

About Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is an American actress and filmmaker. Foster started her career as a child actor before establishing herself as a leading actress in film. As a performer, she is known for her versatility. She has received several accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Honorary Palme d'Or.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Saturn Award for Best Actress Jupiter Awards Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Mary Pickford Award Sitges Grand Honorary Award Academy Award for Best Actress Saturn Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Golden Globe Awards Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Crystal Award

Quotes by Jodie Foster · Page 2

I feel at various times in my life that I've been at a point where I had to choose between a death…

Always

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I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

Ambition

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You guys might be surprised but I am not Honey Boo Boo Child.

Boo boo

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Cruelty might be very human, and it might be very cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Acceptable

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I never know what's going to move me. I'm always surprised. And it's always a mystery to the people who work with…

Always

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I'm not interested in being perfect when im older. Im interested in having a narrative. It's the narrative that's really the most…

Aging

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Everybody reads for me. I was never weird about that. I never minded coming in and reading. They should know if I'm…

Movie

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I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

Dakota

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I don't need to be Tom Cruise. I just need to work forever.

Cruise

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I've got that Irish thing going on. Lots of Irish in my background.

Backgrounds

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There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current. And wouldn't you know…

Beautiful

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Caitriona Balfe, who is Irish, is also in my movie. I asked her to play her Irish accent in the movie, but…

Accents

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I was raised with a single mom and we had a very specific, very particular relationship. She worked with me and my…

Beautiful

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I'd like to work more as a director. It's distracting being an actor, because - there's a lot of reasons. You find…

Cinema

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I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for…

Book

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Ninety-five percent of women's experiences are about being a victim. Or about being an underdog, or having to survive... women didn't go…

Blow

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I cannot believe in God when there is no scientific evidence for the existence of a supreme being and creator.

Believe

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I can't imagine ever not doing [acting]. I would feel like I would have lost a limb. But I am older now,…

Acting

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Every movie changes you. The process of making a film changes you. You have to be obsessed, you have to get up…

Change

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Privacy. Someday, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

Beautiful

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'Silence Of The Lambs' was not something people expected me to do.

Expected

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Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the…

Actors

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But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a project.

Care

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It was a weird moment in my life and a weird experience [doing a theater]. It made me think, "Gee, I don't…

Ifs

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There are conscious reasons and unconscious reasons why I pick something. You know, I have to be moved by the story and…

Conscious

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