Jodie Foster

And I was completely unaware of that incident.

And how come I didn't, you know, how come I never fell into that category?

And what saved me?

And I've really had to examine that.

Like, how did I get saved?

There were microaggressions, of course, that are, you know, anybody who's in the workplace has experienced.

misogynist microaggressions.

That's just a part of being a woman, right?

But what kept me from having those bad experiences, those terrible experiences?

And what I came to believe, and you can tell me if you think this is wrong, is that I had a certain amount of power by the time I was like 12.

So by the time I had my first Oscar nomination, I was part of a different category of people that had power.

And I was too dangerous to touch.

I could have, you know, ruined people's careers or I could have called uncle.

So I wasn't on the block.

It also might be just my personality, you know, that I am a head first person and I approach the world in a head first way.

It's very difficult to emotionally manipulate me because I don't operate with my emotions on the surface.

Predators use whatever they can in order to manipulate and get people to do what they want them to do.

And that's much easier when the person is younger, when the person is weaker, when the person has no power.

That's precisely what predatory behavior is about, is using power in order to diminish people, in order to dominate them.

And if you're a 50-year-old man, it's not hard to do that to a 13-year-old.