American - Actress | November 19, 1962 -
As an actor, I'm always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I'm always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of people's lives and how they intertwine.
Jodie Foster
FocusPeopleMoviesActorDirector
'Silence Of The Lambs' was not something people expected me to do.
SilencePeopleMeSomethingExpected
Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well.
RomanticDarkMoviesWellJulia
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.
WorkHateMeClothesPersonWant
'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.
BestMeChickenBecomeTaxiDriver
I just want to make movies. I really love movies. I want to be involved with them.
LoveWantMoviesInvolvedMakeJust
In a weird way, that's the beauty of being an actor. You get to live out things that you're afraid of, and you get to say, 'Well, maybe I can get to the end of it and survive it intact and I can be the hero of my own story.' It's kind of a way of exorcising fear.
BeautyFearLiveHeroSurviveStory
I don't like the outside world to intrude when I'm making a film. I like to either see my family or work, but I don't like to go out.
WorkFamilyWorldGoOutsideSee
Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility.
ActorDirectorMostReally
I think every movie changes me and is life changing, especially movies you direct.
LifeMeThinkYouMoviesChanges
Every movie that I've had to really knock down the door for has been an enormous success for me. Not just like a financial success but a real personal success.
SuccessMeDoorFinancialDownReal
Adolescence is a tough one to be a child actor.
ChildToughActorAdolescence
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Jodie Foster quotes