My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full and significant.

Quote by Jodie Foster

Topics: Jodie Foster Quotes

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...

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...

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships...

I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships...

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 love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the...

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the...

You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a...

You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a...

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

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

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well...

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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 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 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 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...