Author: Jodie Foster

Quotes

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

- Jodie Foster

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the history of women is about.

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the history of women is about.

- Jodie Foster

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

- Jodie Foster

But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a project.

But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a project.

- Jodie Foster

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.

- Jodie Foster

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

- Jodie Foster

But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.

But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.

- Jodie Foster

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.

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.

- Jodie Foster

I don't see anyone walking around with a puppet on his hand in real life. Puppet therapy is very common for children. It's not something that adults take on.

I don't see anyone walking around with a puppet on his hand in real life. Puppet therapy is very common for children. It's not something that adults take on.

- Jodie Foster

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