Terry Gross

She's very sexualized in that.

And you're sexualized in the sense that you're a prostitute in it, but at the same time, you're not acting sexy.

You're very like, hey, I'm doing my job.

You paid for me, so let's do it.

You can leave after that.

You're just like, let's get this done, which is kind of interesting.

You had been in movies longer than Scorsese was making them or De Niro and Keitel had been acting.

Did you ever give them advice?

So I just want to say again that Taxi Driver celebrates its 50th anniversary in February.

And if you haven't seen the film, it's so good.

So you might not want to talk about this, but did you ever feel like if the Me Too movement had been around when whatever happened, that you would be a part of that movement?

You asked if I agreed with your perspective, and I certainly do.

But I'm wondering, you know, you had played, even as a kid, and certainly in Taxi Driver, like girls who could talk back, girls who could talk kind of tough, girls who could challenge.

Did that help you in life?

Because you knew what it was to talk that way.

Can you give an example of a time you slammed the door and said, show me your license?

That's really interesting.

We have to take another short break here.

If you're just joining us, my guest is Jodie Foster, and her new film, which is in French, is called A Private Life.

It opens January 16th in select theaters and on the 30th more widely.