Jodie Foster Quotes & Sayings

“It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.”

“My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.”

“It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.”

“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.”

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

“I was never the ingenue or the pretty girlfriend of Tom Cruise in a movie. I didn't have that career, so I don't have to compete on that level.”

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

“As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress.”

“But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.”