273 Quotes by Jodie Foster

I look back at my career when I was younger and can connect what I was going through at the time with the characters I was playing. I see the similarities in them reflecting on my life.

I've worked with Neil Jordan, who I really adore. We did The Brave One [2007] together.

Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the lines. I'm a member of the crew, like the best boy, the electrician. What I'm good at is making eyes at the camera.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

Privacy. Someday, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

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.

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

As I've said before, and I still hold to, I truly am the most boring person alive. And if there was a great investigation to be found at the end of the resume, it would be, the most boring person alive.

It's very important to distinguish between chemical depression that requires medication and talk therapy.