273 Quotes by Jodie Foster

Sometimes, you really don’t understand why something is important to you until you get halfway through the movie – or maybe even all the way through.

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.

I don’t need to be Tom Cruise. I just need to work forever.

We think, “If I have more money, I am more valuable. If I make more money, I am more valuable.” It’s all sort of wound up with this problem that humans have with their failure.

People are always surprised when I say that I’m an atheist.

Interestingly, when you do films, sometimes you have conscious reasons, things that you were looking for, or stuff that you were trying to do. And then, you see the film and you think, “Wow, it ended up being something totally different!”

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn’t hurt your appreciation of the painting.

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.

I’ve always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.