I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.
From Jodie Foster
I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.
Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.
My mom was always late. It drove me crazy as a child. So I'm always on time - or early.
I feel at various times in my life that I've been at a point where I had to choose between a death sentence and a life sentence. And I want to live. What do I do to live? What do I do to be vital? And the answer is always creativity. The answer is always art.
I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to be a part of that process.
I was never the ingenue or the pretty girlfriend of Tom Cruise in a movie. I didn't have that career, so I don't have to compete on that level.
I like to be in a different place when I make a movie so that I can't really focus on anything else, and that is your world.
Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.
In a weird way, that's the beauty of being an actor. You get to live out things that you're afraid of, and you get to say, 'Well, maybe I can get to the end of it and survive it intact and I can be the hero of my own story.' It's kind of a way of exorcising fear.
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