I cannot believe in God when there is no scientific evidence for the existence of a supreme being and creator. Jodie Foster More Quotes by Jodie Foster More Quotes From Jodie Foster Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles. Jodie Foster appreciate mother kids Adolescence is a tough one to be a child actor. Jodie Foster tough actors children Caitriona Balfe, who is Irish, is also in my movie. I asked her to play her Irish accent in the movie, but her own brogue is so faint that I had to keep pumping it up. Jodie Foster brogues accents play I like to nap. I do like to sleep. Sometimes I sleep in between takes. Jodie Foster naps sleep sometimes You hold all of our futures in your hands. So you better make it good. Jodie Foster our-future hands I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But I'm definitely drawn to it. It's probably the most intense, passionate thing that happens to you as you get older. Jodie Foster parent play thinking Every movie changes you. The process of making a film changes you. You have to be obsessed, you have to get up at 3 in the morning and go "Wait, I have an idea!" You have to continually be drawn over and over again to deepening inside that story, and ruminating over questions: "Why would he say this to her? Why if he was standing there, would she go?" Every one of those answers has to come from some personal place, and in order to do that, you can't sit on the surface. It's such a big change that you can't really explain it to anyone else. Jodie Foster film waiting morning By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director. Jodie Foster psychology shooting directors What the digital age has offered us, in terms of connectivity and transparency, is that all of these people from weird places in the world are all talking to each other, at four in the morning, and are sharing ideas. There's more openness than has ever been known, so that's a good thing. Jodie Foster morning talking ideas I've only been to Dublin once, and I had a great time. I got completely soaked because it was rainy. Jodie Foster dublin rainy had-a-great-time I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous. Jodie Foster creative would-be needs But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a project. Jodie Foster projects care want I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective, reflecting the Asian experience, which is very rare. Jodie Foster perspective kings thinking I was never the ingenue or the pretty girlfriend of Tom Cruise in a movie. I didn't have that career, so I don't have to compete on that level. Jodie Foster levels girlfriend careers Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility. Jodie Foster sensibility actors directors My earliest memories are doing commercials and TV. Jodie Foster tvs memories I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life. Jodie Foster recycling cents film 'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken. Jodie Foster weirdo taxi chickens Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me. Jodie Foster intense passion acting I make dark dramas, movies about people living in desperate fear who then overcome that fear and find a heroic side to themselves. Jodie Foster dark drama people
