Oscar-Winning Actress, 63, Says She Never Chose Acting Career: 'It's a Cruel Job'
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Alex GurleyDecember 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Jodie Foster may be an Oscar-winning actress but she says it's a career she never actively chose — and isn't sure that she would again, given the choice.
The longtime actress spoke out about her career during a conversation at the Marrakech Film Festival on Sunday (Nov. 30). Foster began appearing in commercials when she was just three and by six, she had made her feature film debut.
"I would never have chosen to be an actor, I don’t have the personality of an actor. I’m not somebody that wants to dance on a table and, you know, sing songs for people," she explained, per Variety.
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She continued, "It's actually just a cruel job that was chosen for me as a young person that I don't remember starting...If I was on a desert island, I think probably the last thing I would ever do is act. So I was just trying to survive."
Foster went on to say that her feelings about acting makes her work "a little bit different" because she's "not interested in acting just for the sake of acting."
She also shared that because of her experience, she finds herself "reaching out to the young child actors of this era" to offer them her support and guidance.
"I feel like, wait, where are their parents? And why is nobody telling them that they should stop doing so many movies or maybe not be so drunk on the red carpet? I want to take care of them because I know how dangerous it is," Foster explained.
She continued, "I don't know why anyone would want to be an actor now, if they knew that in order to be excellent they would have to contend with being robbed of their life in a way. I don't know how you make sense of that except to have what my mom helped me do, which is to have this very firm delineation between your private life and your public life."
Despite her thoughts about the industry, Foster said that she doesn't have plans to retire anytime soon.
"I'll be making films until I die," she shared. "You can't get rid of me that fast."
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