Top 96 Quotes by Jodie Foster

I make dark dramas, movies about people living in desperate fear who then overcome that fear and find a heroic side to themselves.

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.

Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.

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

I will always love psychology, and the basis of psychology is family.

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles.

There are conscious reasons and unconscious reasons why I pick something. You know, I have to be moved by the story and usually that means it has to touch me in some kind of personal place.

I had a certain career as an actor that I think was quite personal as well, and had a lot of integrity, but I wasn't writing my own things or directing my own movies.

I like to nap. I do like to sleep. Sometimes I sleep in between takes.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.