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

Quote by Jodie Foster

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Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read...

I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read...

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate...

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate...

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

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

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based...

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based...

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

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

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

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

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see...

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see...

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing...

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing...

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

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

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

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

I've gone through phases of just forgiving your parents for not being as young as...

I've gone through phases of just forgiving your parents for not being as young as...

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time...

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time...

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

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

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

I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to...

I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to...

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors...

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors...