Top 96 Quotes by Jodie Foster

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.

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 think every movie changes me and is life changing, especially movies you direct.

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince.

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

'Silence Of The Lambs' was not something people expected me to do.

Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time.

I never know what's going to move me. I'm always surprised. And it's always a mystery to the people who work with me.

I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.

Everybody reads for me. I was never weird about that. I never minded coming in and reading. They should know if I'm the right person, and I should know if I want to do a movie.