Academy award winning actress, producer, and director Jodie Foster was born November 19, 1962 in Los Angeles, California.

• "I mean, my mom took me to R rated movies when I was young and - because she knew me and knew the films well and knew that they were - they might have been provocative and they might have been serious and dramatic, but that they weren't damaging."




• "Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from."




• "With any movies that don't have high profile actors in them, you only have a few windows of really garnering interest in the movie, especially now with all the multiplexes and with the mainstreamizing of the American public."




• "It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me."




• "In a post-9/11 world, everybody is looking over their shoulder and wondering if the next guy is the one who is going to take you down."




• "But it's also partly that I'm picky because I am now over 40 and there's less parts so I only want to do the ones that really move me."




• "Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable."




• "Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area."