Jodie Foster
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I think I did have a skill that was beyond my years, and I had a strong sense of self.
So, you know, I'm not very good at math.
I'm not terribly good at science, but I did have a
almost like an idiot savant ability to understand emotions and character that was beyond my years.
Yes, and thank God I was acting.
So it gave me an outlet that I would not have had otherwise.
It was a sink or swim.
I had to develop an emotional side.
I had to cut off my brain sometimes to play characters in order to be good.
And I wanted to be good.
You know, if I was going to do something, I wanted to be excellent.
So in order to do that, I had to learn emotions.
And I had to learn not only how to access them, but also how to control them so that I could give them intention.
He had a very Travis Bickle personality during that shoot, so he was pretty boring.
He was very awkward and very boring, and it was difficult for me.
I was a 12-year-old kid.
I was like, oh, God, here comes this guy again.