Jodie Foster never fell in love with the acting side of filmmaking

Jodie Foster

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Jodie Foster talks about her filmmaking process and why she never really “fell in love” with the acting side of the industry.

During a recent conversation with Jodie Comer for interview The Oscar winner admitted to the magazine “The 40 Years of the Year” that she is “not a natural actress”.

“I just got stuck in it at age three,” she explained. “I probably would have been a lawyer or a college professor. It’s just not my path. I liked the technical aspects of filmmaking, but I never fell in love with acting. It was against my nature and I think it made me a richer person.”

In the course of his decades-long acting career, the True Detective The star said she also learned a lot about herself, noting that she used to isolate herself from her co-stars on set.

“I always did movies by myself where it was just my character and I didn’t have to deal with the other actors. As I got older, I realized that was selfish of me, jealously guarding something I didn’t want to share,” Foster told Comer. “Now I’m learning to step in and say, ‘What’s our relationship and dynamic like?’ instead of it all being about me. It’s been so interesting because now I’m meeting all these actors who are doing everything differently.”

As far as the film side of the industry is concerned, Panic room Star, who has already directed several films such as Home for the holidays And Money monstersaid she also realized that her approach as a director is different from that of others.

“When I direct, I like to talk. I talk to people about the techniques, but I don’t like to get into an actor’s body because I think it’s invasive,” she explained. “Tell me, ‘Faster, slower.’ Tell me, ‘I didn’t feel that part.’ But don’t talk about my childhood and don’t try to be one with me.”

When Foster is at the helm, she also places great emphasis on the rehearsal and pre-production phases so that the actors arrive on set well prepared on the day of shooting.

“I want them to not question themselves so that they can create something that feels coherent and spontaneous and raw and fresh,” she said. “I tell directors that, but they don’t listen to me. So sometimes I’ll work on a film where I have to do 120 takes and then I’ll say, ‘Okay, all right, bye.'”