Chapter 1: What are Jodie Foster's feelings about being Conan O'Brien's friend?
I'm Jodie Foster, and I feel ambivalent about being Conan's friend. Whoa! I feel ambivalent.
A major blow to the solar plexus.
You should be flattered, right? Because it's not just a yes or no. No, no, no.
I am not flattered. Let's be very clear. I am not flattered.
Fall is here, hear the yell, back to school, ring the bell, brand new shoes, walkin' loose, climb the fence, books and pens, I can tell that we are gonna be friends.
I can tell that we are going to be friends. Welcome to Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend. Here with my crew, my chums, Sona Movsesian.
Yeah, hi, Conan.
Conan O'Brien, who is doodling. That's why I've taken the reins.
It's just a mustache wondering where its master is.
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Chapter 2: How did Jodie Foster's childhood acting experience shape her career?
I'd rather be dead.
But anyway, it's very nice to be back and in the New York groove, even though we're in Los Angeles. Yeah.
Do you have fun? You good? Get sick?
No, I did not get... Happy with yourself? Did you get sick?
Like the choices you made? End up where you thought you'd be?
No, I did not get sick. I'm quite content and just happy to be here. Yesterday, because I'm doing the Oscars in March... We shot a bunch of promos for the Oscars. And there's a bunch where you do them for different countries. So I did one Telemundo. I did it in Spanish. You do some to different countries. And then there was one country. I can't remember what country it is.
Norway or where it was. But the name of the station was... So tune in to the Oscars on March 15th and watch it live on... And then you give the name of the station. And if it's, you know, if it's on Telemundo or you give the different ones. But there was... I think it was some country. I cannot remember it. But I said, turn in to... And then it said on the copy, V, you know, dial.
So I said, and there's a dialect coach off camera. And he went, no, no, it's B stock. And he said, the V is just a, just a quick dial. And I said, and he went, no. So I tried it and I said, and he said, no, it's V. And I said, V. And he said, no, it's V. And he was getting irritated. And he said, you don't say the V, you just go V. You think it. You like think it.
And I said, V. And he went, no, it's V. And so it was back and forth, me going V and him going V. And there's like 600 people around, standing around, tech people. And I'm going, and he goes, and then he was like, no, if I can hear it, it's wrong, basically. And so I went, so just be stuck, dial. And he said, I heard nothing. That's not it. And I said, you told me not to say anything.
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Chapter 3: What challenges did Jodie face while filming in French for 'A Private Life'?
Commit to the bit. That was so slow. You know what I loved about that? You got to check the video. Dashes out of his chair, right? And then very slowly and methodically opens the door. The door's too heavy for him. Yeah.
Oh my God.
Yeah.
Closing that took forever.
You know what? It would be like if Booth shot Lincoln in Ford's Theater and then rather than leap off the balcony and escape, Booth shot Lincoln and then was like, pardon me, excuse me, pardon me. Just working his way slowly.
Pardon me, pardon me.
Oops, sorry.
Mild irritants to tyrants.
Yeah. All right, my guest today is an Academy Award winning actress who has starred in such movies as Taxi Driver and The Silence of the Lambs. Now you can see her in the new movie, A Private Life. I'm honored she's with us today. God. I do love her. Jodie Foster, welcome.
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Chapter 4: How does Jodie Foster differentiate between her acting and directing personas?
It doesn't feel the same way anymore when you lie in your bed with your covers on watching TV the way it did in the old days when you laid in your bed and then you had the black and white TV and you had to go up to the knob and change the station every time you were dissatisfied. But yeah, all those shows.
So, you know, Nanny and the Professor and Adam 12 and Perry Mason and the Rockford Files or, you know, all those.
Have you ever spent any time looking back on those just to see? Because they're almost like home movies for you.
No, there's a couple that are on Instagram that occasionally my friends will say like, hey, look at this because I don't have social media. And it's kind of cute because my mom didn't take pictures of me. I think taking pictures of your kids got expensive at that era. So she took pictures of my brothers and sisters, but not of me.
So the only pictures that I have really are these video clips and clips from television shows.
Yeah. So you're always wearing a 19th century bonnet. Yeah. Yeah.
And saying, look out, hoss. Who knew? Who knew there was such a thing as fennel?
You know what I would have done? I'd have come back and said to the prop guy, those blackberries are amazing. I didn't plant blackberries. Aww. That's who they're doing CPR on me.
Aww.
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Chapter 5: What insights does Jodie Foster share about the impact of education on her career?
I think it was her taking down her shirt to below her shoulders. Right. So that's nothing. Which they do on Nickelodeon now. That's true. Now they do that on Nickelodeon. And then I think I, yeah, I think I was supposed to like undo his fly. That was about it.
Yeah. Yeah. And, but it also must have been nice to have your sister on set.
Yeah, it was nice. Or complicated. I don't know. It was really nice, actually. And, you know, we were in that business. My brother had been an actor when he was young, and it sort of felt like a family affair thing because everybody had their jobs that they had to do. My mom was a single mom.
And so with four kids, raising four kids, if one of us went and did a TV show, then somebody had to, you know, make sure that everybody got off at the bus station and, you know, have dinner and all that stuff.
Yeah.
As your mom said, well, your career's over at 18. Yeah. The, I would say 99% of kid actors say, no, I'm going to keep this going. You decide I'm going to go to college, an excellent college and get a superior, really fantastic education. Thank you. And so that is maybe not a usual move at that time.
Maybe it's become more common, but to take, to say, no, I'm going to take four years out of my career and study.
Yeah, that was an unusual move. And I think we all assumed that my career would be over. So my mom actually sold her house and moved into a tiny condo and was like, okay, now we're ready. Because by the time you're 18 and you're going to go to college, you're going to spend every cent that we have sending you to college and you'll probably never work again.
I did end up doing five movies while I was in college. So I worked during the summer and then I took a semester off, a couple semesters off. So I did do five movies while I was there. What was your major? I majored in literature, the literature major, which is, you know, lots of theories of literature. Yeah. And the area of focus was African-American literature.
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Chapter 6: How does Jodie Foster view the evolution of female roles in film?
And they're saying like, what is true to this character? I know I'm going to go for the Elvis shot glass. And so I love that. I love hearing other voices and then being the person that says, yes, no, yes, no, yes, no.
I think what I can relate to, what you're talking about a lot, both in the early television work and just throughout your career, and even as you talk about your college experience, I like being around a gang of people. I like having that community. I spend, I've always say, if someone says they enjoy my comedy, I say 99% of it you don't hear.
It's messing around with people in my world and family and friends. I like all the jokes that happened as we're trying to build the thing that people see. And that sounds to me like directing is this ultimate experience of a massive group. It's like Robin Hood and his merry men. You just get all these people together and say, let's... Let's work together on this thing.
And a lot of the joy doesn't necessarily show up on the screen. It's part of the process.
Yeah. And I mean, well, the big caveat is you are the last word. So you can do all the horsing around. People can have all the opinions they want. But at the end of the day, you're the person who has to have the personality to say, I see the big picture. You know, I'm not just in the moment enjoying the yuck yucks.
I see the big picture and I want the train to leave at 835 and I want to arrive at 940. And you guys have given me all of these different choices along the way. We're going to... To see the big picture means to be able to see the way through. And so much of that is about asking that question. Is it true or is it fake? Those are the only question I ask all day.
Same thing as an actor, same thing honestly as a human being, as a parent. Is it true or is it fake? Is this how I feel honestly or is this something that I'm trying to put on to impress people? Or do I genuinely feel like the scene is funny or do I think that the audience will think it's funny? So I'm going to do it for them.
You know, I'm always just trying to choose the most instinctual and the most true thing because I don't trust anything else.
Yeah. I've always thought if I'm having fun in this moment and it's honest, most people watching it or listening to it will probably agree. That's not always true, but you just have that instinct and you have to go with it. And if you don't have that instinct, you're lost anyway. You should probably not be doing this.
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Chapter 7: What humorous anecdotes does Conan share about his experiences with celebrity guests?
And what I, what meant a lot to me and still resonates with me about that scene is there are a lot of scenes where the hero and often the male hero is traditionally doing the brave thing. And I love Clint Eastwood, don't get me the wrong way, but they're doing the brave thing and they're doing it in a kick-ass male way. Right. You are terrified.
Shaking, shaking.
You are terrified. Yes. Terrified and pushing forward. And the combination of two, it's completely believable. There's not one millisecond where I don't completely believe that that's what you're doing. You are pushing forward. Someone's life is at risk. This is what you're going to do. But you are terrified every second and you're making yourself push forward. And I think that is,
is one of the best film cinematic depictions of real bravery I've ever seen because it's often portrayed as fire. I'm going to get in there, get out of my way. And that doesn't read to me the same way.
Well, actually, there's a big laugh in that scene where she finally gets to the woman in the pit and she says like, you're safe. And the whole audience just like laughs hysterically.
And then you say, I'll be right back.
Yeah, I'll be right back. She curses you out.
Be right back?
I don't think I'm ever going to see you again.
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Chapter 8: What is the significance of the AI discussion in relation to Netflix and celebrity names?
And it's every bit of energy that you have is put into this one thing.
And that's how I like to live. I mean, I do these travel shows and I get to go someplace for usually about 10 days. But I do, even in given 10 days, I try to... And it's really nice because sometimes you're in countries where they don't know who you are, they don't care, and you get to be someone else.
And I love to just, you know, when you're in the van and you're going to the next location and you're driving through Manila or you're driving through Mumbai, looking in little side streets and wondering, okay, what is that person's life like? Or what is it like to live in that place? apartment or that house right there.
And I find, I say this a lot, I think it's the best antidote to ignorance is to go to other places, talk to other people, see how they live. It's this great loofah that, because we all get desensitized, travel as much as you can. It doesn't have to be expensive travel or innate travel, but just go someplace and try to take in what it's like to not be you.
Yeah. And it doesn't mean that you ever really come to this conclusion where you totally understand that culture. You never will. Right. You're going to you'll always be bringing baggage from your own background and your own culture. But that's part of it is growing and learning and evolving and changing.
So that's kind of what I do when I'm not shooting is, well, first of all, I go home and I, you know, walk the dog every single day at the same time and I eat the same thing for breakfast and I. I love my routine. And then I start getting a little itchy. And then that's the thing that I like to do. I like to travel.
The same thing every morning. Yeah, I'm one of those. Is it anything crazy or is it pretty simple?
No, it's really simple. What's your breakfast? I'm granola. I'm a granola person. I get you. I know, that has some bad references. Oh, I like to party. I know what you mean.
I get you.
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