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Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.
Jodie Foster
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Jodie Foster
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 19
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Alicia Christian Foster
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Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.
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I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have gone on - I burn out every once in a while.
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I'm not interested in being perfect when im older. Im interested in having a narrative. It's the narrative that's really the most beautiful thing about women.
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Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.
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I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective, reflecting the Asian experience, which is very rare.
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You guys might be surprised, but I am not Honey Boo Boo Child.
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I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But I'm definitely drawn to it. It's probably the most intense, passionate thing that happens to you as you get older.
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I've got that Irish thing going on. Lots of Irish in my background.
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I like to nap. I do like to sleep. Sometimes I sleep in between takes.
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I suppose that's my one little secret, the secret of my success.
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Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.
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My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.
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It was a weird moment in my life and a weird experience [doing a theater]. It made me think, Gee, I don't know if I ever want to do this again. And I love theater. I love going. I love the experience of theater. But I am not sure it's for me.
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How could you ask me to believe in God when there's absolutely no evidence that I can see? I do believe in the beauty and the awe-inspiring mystery of the science that's out there that we haven't discovered yet, that there are scientific explanations for phenomena that we call mystical because we don't know any better.
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I like dramas. I've always liked dramas. And I'm a pretty light person. I don't consider myself a very dramatic person. But I do like doing that onscreen.
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Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time.
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Where I have problems is when I am in the midst of doing something that I am completely focused on, and then I am asked to buy shoes or something.
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I can't imagine ever not doing [acting]. I would feel like I would have lost a limb. But I am older now, and sometimes I wonder who I would have been and what about me would have changed had I not had these experiences as a young person
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I didn't work very much when they were young, and I had the luxury to be able to do that. Most people can't.
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