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

Quote by Jodie Foster

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

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

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 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...

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

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...

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

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

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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 wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time,...

I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time,...

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...

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...

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...

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

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

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

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.