I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships with kids my own age. Jodie Foster More Quotes by Jodie Foster More Quotes From Jodie Foster Everybody reads for me. I was never weird about that. I never minded coming in and reading. They should know if I'm the right person, and I should know if I want to do a movie. Jodie Foster readingshouldwant Just to set the record straight, a salary for a given on-screen performance does not include the right to invade anyone’s privacy, to destroy someone’s sense of self. Jodie Foster salaryselfdoe Definitely, there's a lot of trouble you come up against when you're acting and directing, about your performance. Sometimes it's hard to be objective about it. I will tend to get two takes and walk away. I don't belabor it, and it's important to me to have someone who says, "You know what? You should get another one, and maybe you should try it like that". Jodie Foster actingimportanttrying I love the way L A. leaves you alone. I can go home, read all day, and nobody bugs me. Jodie Foster bugshomeway If you had been a public figure from the time you were a toddler, if you'd had to fight for a life that felt real and honest and normal against all odds, than maybe to you might value privacy above all else. I have given everything up there from the time that I was three-years old. That's reality show enough, don't you think? Jodie Foster fightingrealthinking I've worked with Neil Jordan, who I really adore. We did The Brave One [2007] together. Jodie Foster jordanbravetogether The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it. Jodie Foster moviefilmreason ~I used to think, What if there's an interesting movie and it conflicts with the boys going to a new school for the first time?... Well, I didn't anticipate that was going to be about a two-second dilemma. I didn't know the choices would be so easy to make.~ Jodie Foster parentingboysschool Cruelty might be very human, and it might be very cultural, but it's not acceptable. Jodie Foster crueltytruthfulmight You guys might be surprised, but I am not Honey Boo Boo Child. Jodie Foster honey-boo-booguychildren As I've said before, and I still hold to, I truly am the most boring person alive. And if there was a great investigation to be found at the end of the resume, it would be, the most boring person alive. Jodie Foster boringalivewould-be I was one of those avid moviegoers as a kid, and we didn't have video, so we went to see everything five times. I went to see every foreign film playing in my town. As times went on, I watched a lot less films. I have a different film school now. My film school now is my life experience. Jodie Foster avidkidsschool 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 to Vietnam and blow things up. They are not Rambo. Jodie Foster underdogfeministblow I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize. Jodie Foster creativityresponsibilityart I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young. Jodie Foster dakotayoung We think, "If I have more money, I am more valuable. If I make more money, I am more valuable." It's all sort of wound up with this problem that humans have with their failure. Jodie Foster more-moneyproblemthinking I'm really not a clothes person. To me, that's just work. It's the thing I hate to do the most. I don't want to be judged in that way. Jodie Foster clotheshatewant I also feel like I've learned over the years what is not important, and that is also great: to know what is pointless to spend your energy on, to be more specific. Jodie Foster importantenergyyears I think I missed all of the wonderful things ... I missed the control that you have in film, and I missed getting it right, really getting it right, the way you hope people will see it. All of the things that people love about theater - the fact that it changes every night and that it's so spontaneous - all of those things just frighten me. Jodie Foster nightpeoplethinking When I went home, my family became a little lonely family because it was just me and my mom. Part of my longing to go back to work was wanting to be surrounded by these people who were teaching me things and drinking bad coffee at three in the morning while we were lying around in a bikini in the winter. Somehow it just felt like real life. It felt more like real life than my life. Jodie Foster lonelymommorning
