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

Quote by Jodie Foster

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I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective,...

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective,...

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...

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

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.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their 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 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,...

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 think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so...

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so...

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 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...

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in...

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...