Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility. Jodie Foster More Quotes by Jodie Foster More Quotes From Jodie Foster Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from. Jodie Foster being-yourselfinspiringinspirational There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current. And wouldn't you know that your path was there all along, waiting for you to knock, waiting for you to become. This path does not belong to your parents, your teachers, your leaders, or your lovers. Your path is your character defining itself more and more every day. Jodie Foster inspiringbeautifulgraduation I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age. Jodie Foster agestonesyears When I was growing up, books took me away from my life to a solitary place that didn't feel lonely. They celebrated the outcasts, people who sat on the margins of society contemplating their interiors. . . Books were my cure for a romanticized unhappiness, for the anxiety of impending adulthood. They were all mine, private islands with secret passwords only the worthy could utter. Jodie Foster growing-uplonelybook Being understood is not the most essential thing in life. Jodie Foster understoodthings-in-lifeessentials Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem. Jodie Foster live-your-lifemattermay I absolutely love religions and the rituals. Even though I don't believe in God, we celebrate pretty much every religion in our family with the kids. Jodie Foster celebratebelievekids How could you ask me to believe in God when there's absolutely no evidence that I can see? I do believe in the beauty and the awe-inspiring mystery of the science that's out there that we haven't discovered yet, that there are scientific explanations for phenomena that we call mystical because we don't know any better. Jodie Foster mysticalmysterybelieve I don't like it when reviews aren't about the movie. When they're about how much money somebody made, or who they're sleeping with, or if they got the job via some connection, or about how Fox is putting X amount of dollars into it. Jodie Foster connectionssleepjobs I don't really think I have the personality. I am not very external. I don't want to dance on the table and do impressions. So I think that the way I approach it is really loving story. That's my first love - the words. The words and the story and how to create images. I guess I come at that as a director. I think that's much more in my personality to be a director, so that's kind of informed my acting. Jodie Foster first-lovepersonalitythinking I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse. Jodie Foster wantedpeopleideas Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was. Jodie Foster beautifulpeoplelooks There is no doubt that each of us is born an individual. Why is it then that so many of us die carbon copies? Jodie Foster carbonindividualdoubt I'm an atheist. But I absolutely love religions and the rituals. Even though I don't believe in God. We celebrate pretty much every religion in our family with the kids. They love it, and when they say, 'Are we Jewish?' or 'Are we Catholic?' I say, 'Well, I'm not, but you can choose when you're 18. But isn't this fun that we do seders and the Advent calendar?' Jodie Foster atheistfunbelieve I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day. Jodie Foster homejobsbook Cruelty might be very human and very cultural, but it is not acceptable and it is not an option. Jodie Foster crueltyhumansmight Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships. Jodie Foster respectlove-youinspirational Being an artist is a way of saying, I am here, and this is what I stand for. Jodie Foster being-an-artistartistway There are 400 billion stars out there, just in our galaxy alone. If just one out of a million of those had planets, and just one in a million of those had life, and just one out of a million of those had intelligent life, there would be literally millions of civilizations out there. Jodie Foster intelligentstarscivilization It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me. Jodie Foster being-alonewarinteresting
