American - Actress | November 19, 1962 -
The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.
Jodie Foster
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The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince.
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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.
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You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a room at all times but no matter how vigilant you are as a parent, at some point, you'll look around a room and can't find them and there's a searing pain that goes through your body.
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I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.
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Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.
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I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life.
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I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I've never been bored a day in my life.
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Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.
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I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in.
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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.
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My mom was always late. It drove me crazy as a child. So I'm always on time - or early.
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