American - Actress | November 19, 1962 -
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
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I'm a technician. I don't go for the get-into-the-role stuff. I read the lines and play the scenes.
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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.
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But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a project.
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But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.
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By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.
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I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.
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I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I like doing movies where the writing is very lean.
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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 what will happen the next day.
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I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to do it at home because my mom said that when your work day is done, you're done with work.
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I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.
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I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.
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