Jodie Foster Quotes

• That definitely has some effect on me.

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• She was perhaps one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, and yet her name will forever be linked to the horror of Nazi Germany. There is no other woman in the 20th century who has been so admired and vilified simultaneously.

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• The movie worked because people believed in her heroism. I won’t play her with negative attributes she’d never have.

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• I stand to make more money doing that sequel than I’ve ever made in my life.

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• I think it works better with a woman, which is why I decided to do it, … men know how to separate themselves from their child. Women lose that ability.

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• Never wants to feel resentful on a film again. I can never work again for a bad person with a huge ego.

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• It doesn’t feel like a long time to me. My life is full. I have new priorities. I’ve been working a long time, so now I do movies for a different reason than I did for much of my career.

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• Anna changes. That’s something that neither Deborah Kerr or Irene Dunne could do. They had to start off soft and stay that way. In our version, she’s sort of tough and stubborn, but as time goes on she softens.

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• You have to make a big effort to try to have a life, and that’s important to you only if you spent your entire childhood not having one.

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• I’m not making any rules about it, … I don’t think you really have to. Who knows, maybe I’m retired now! Maybe I’ll never work again.

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• It’s a primal thing, this very unconscious place with the fears of what can happen to your children and will you be able to keep them safe. I like all the different levels of fear that she goes through, from feeling like her daughter’s out there somewhere, to worrying that somebody is hurting her. Then there’s that place of utter desperation where you wonder if you’re completely insane. Then there’s that final turn, when she turns into a robot who will take anyone down.

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• Once I had kids, my life with them became so significant, … So something else has to really be important to drag me away. I have an identity that’s very strong without being an actor. I don’t need to do that just to be someone. I exist as a person without necessarily being an actor.

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• It’s my job, … I wouldn’t not promote my movie and you want to get out there and tell people what it’s about and to communicate why you loved it.

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• Nobody believes me … She goes through a very interesting journey in the film. One of the most challenging that I’ve ever done, from trying to keep it together and trying not to become hysterical, to as time goes by, and she starts fearing for her daughter’s safety and what might be happening to her, and sort of leading herself in some ways to a kind of madness.

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• That was heartbreaking, to have that fall apart, two weeks before shooting.

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• A woman who struggles to recover from a brutal attack and sets out on a dark, psychological and physical journey for revenge and justice.

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• Because she’s one of the few female figures in contemporary film to not only have successfully navigated a childhood performing in the movie business, but has consistently selected progressive roles for women in film.

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• Each brings his prejudices to the table. At first, she thinks he’s a heathen and a barbarian. Then, he reminds her that her native England has invaded other countries, and the English believe their way is the only way. As they grow to understand each other, it becomes a love story.

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• Russell, I think, it was a better performance than what he has ever given.

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• It’s kind of about a vigilante, somebody who has been the victim of a crime and who can’t quite get over it and then finds herself mowing people down.

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Jodie Foster (37)

Birth:	19th November, 1962
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Film Director

About

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an American actress and film director. She earned a BA degree in Literature from Yale University in 1985. She began her professional career at the age of three as a child model in 1965, and two years later moved to acting in television series, with the sitcom Mayberry R.F.D. Her role in several films include: Taxi Driver (Nominated- Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role), Bugsy Malone, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, Freaky Friday, Candleshoe, Foxes, The Accused (Won- Academy Award for best actress in 1989, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 1989), The Silence of the Lambs (Won- Academy Award for best actress in 1992, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 1992), Little Man Tate (also director), Nell (Nominated- Academy Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress), Sommersby, Maverick, Contact, Anna and the King, Home for the Holidays (only director), Panic Room, Flightplan, Inside Man, The Brave One, The Beaver (also director), Elysium, and Money Monster (only director).

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