Jodie Foster Quotes: Her Top Ten Best Quotations & Sayings

Her Thoughts on Child Actors, Being a Mother and More

Bryan  Mckinley
Jodie Foster has been acting pretty much all of her life. She likes to differ a little bit from most celebrities in that she wants to look her age. She is passionate about making only films that she can throw her entire self into and would rather spend time with her sons than mass-produce movies. Jodie Foster makes it known that she wants to just be her and not have to go with what seems popular. Here are her top ten best quotes and sayings.

Don't be cruel

"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable."

Jodie Foster dares to be different

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

Quote on being a child actress

"I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I've never been bored a day in my life."

Jodie Foster quote on being a victim

"I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the history of women is about."

Just too funny

"I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young."

Quote on advantages for actresses over 40

"They've lived longer, they're more confident about their choices and they don't have to be hip and cool anymore, which I think is a godsend - you make really bad choices when you are trying to be hip."

Jodie Foster quote on being a mother

"What I didn't realize is how completely consumed I would be by my sons. I didn't know that the rest of my life would become so little a priority."

Jodie Foster embraces her age

"As time goes on, I will play characters who get older: I don't want to be some Botoxed weirdo."

Quote on the film adaptation of Sin City

"That was so painfully cartoonish I was offended. I don't know how you enjoy or laugh about a child abduction and molestation. What part of that sentence is funny? I can't get beyond that. I don't know if everyone understands the impact of that movie's message."

Jodie Foster quote on destiny

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

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Published by Bryan Mckinley

My writing interests are all over the board including novels, scripts, novellas, short stories, articles and poetry. I'm almost done with the first draft of a romance novella and the first draft of a movie s...  View profile

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