Author: Jodie Foster

Quotes

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

'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.

'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.

- 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

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

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

It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.

It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.

- 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 fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.

I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.

- Jodie Foster

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