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Jodie Foster

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Jodie Foster

I think I did have a skill that was beyond my years, and I had a strong sense of self.

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Jodie Foster

So, you know, I'm not very good at math.

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Jodie Foster

I'm not terribly good at science, but I did have a

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Jodie Foster

almost like an idiot savant ability to understand emotions and character that was beyond my years.

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Jodie Foster

Yes, and thank God I was acting.

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Jodie Foster

So it gave me an outlet that I would not have had

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Jodie Foster

I had to develop.

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Jodie Foster

It was a sink or swim.

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Jodie Foster

I had to develop an emotional side.

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Jodie Foster

I had to cut off my brain sometimes to play characters in order to be good.

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Jodie Foster

And I wanted to be good.

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Jodie Foster

You know, if I was going to do something, I wanted to be excellent.

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Jodie Foster

So in order to do that, I had to learn emotions.

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Jodie Foster

And I had to learn not only how to access them, but also how to control them so that I could give them intention.

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Jodie Foster

Yeah.

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Jodie Foster

Yeah.

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Jodie Foster

He had a very Travis Bickle personality during that shoot.

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Jodie Foster

So he was pretty boring.

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Jodie Foster

He was very awkward and very boring.

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Jodie Foster

And it was difficult for me.