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... →
Jodie Foster
I had a prodigious life, living in a grown-up world when I was a child. But I think my abilities were about perceptiveness, and they were about... →
I was one of those avid moviegoers as a kid, and we didn't have video, so we went to see everything five times. I went to see every foreign film... →
All the movies that I make in some ways have to be the story of my life. There are different chapters in my life.
Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.
I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I've never been... →
I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life.
I saw leaving college as an opportunity to do something different with my life. I always thought that becoming an academic was going to be my path.
I think every movie changes me and is life changing, especially movies you direct.
I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.