“There is a meta-weirdness to having been a public figure from the time you were young, right?
Especially if you have stayed being an actor,” she toldThe Guardianin a January 2024 interview.
Having now spent decades in the limelight, here’s the stunning transformation of Jodie Foster.
And I could have always said no.
But I don’t.
It’s fun."
But as talented as Foster was, working as a child actor wasn’t always easy for her.
As she explained to Parade magazine in 2008, “Being a child prodigy is lonely.
I was one of them.
You’re different from other kids.
No one else can understand,” she remarked (viaDaily Mail).
Filming the movie will be something the actor always remembers because she unfortunately endured a traumatic incident on set.
Little did she know that this was just the beginning of a successful, decades-long movie career.
So the show was a little awkward."
… And the world around me kept confirming that.
And neither is anyone else."
Foster graduated magna cum laude in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in literature.
The darkness and the ecstatic-ness.
However,she also experienced a few terrifying eventsduring these years, including having a stalker.
He began leaving love notes at her home, which she ignored, and calling her phone.
In December 1982, the actor penned an article forEsquiretitled “Why Me?”
in which she detailed her feelings toward her stalker.
“Strangers had scrutinized and analyzed me without my permission, even without my knowledge.
The work that I did between 16 and 22 that is the most awkward place.”
It’s just a different life.
It swept up several Academy Awards and remains a classic among fans of psychological horror.
“I do love it when people will say, ‘Can I get you a nice Chianti?’
I still love it.
And there’s no part of me that’ll ever be tired of it.
Mostly because it’s just such a damn good movie,” she said.
She has now been married to photographer and director Alexandra Hedison since 2014.
I’m just going to put it out there, loud and proud.
I’m single," Foster said.
That’s just ridiculous, but I got busy.
I had a company.
I was acting," she explained.
But as time has gone on, her appearances on-screen have dwindled in number.
In a February 2021 interview withShondaland, Foster acknowledged her lack of work in recent years.
“Your career slows down as you get older.
There are less roles for older people.
Less roles for older women.
And I knew that was coming.
It wasn’t like it was a surprise.
My mom prepared me for this when I was 12 years old.
She was like, ‘When you’re 40, you’ll never work again.’
It’s not really a surprise, and you kind of just roll with it,” she said.
Foster has long established herself in Hollywood and truly has nothing left to prove.
In her November 2023Interviewarticle, she spoke on the freedom she feels at this point in her career.
And the pressure I had being a leading lady?
Gosh, it all disappears the minute you say, ‘No.’
It’s shocking how great that is," Foster remarked.
“It’s someone else’s time.
… And there’s something amazing about acting in my 60s and supporting other people.
