Jodie Foster Net Worth

Jodie Foster's Quotes

• Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.
• [on her role in Taxi Driver (1976), when she was age 12] I spent four hours with a shrink trying to prove I was normal enough to play a hooker. Does that make sense?
• Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.
• Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.
• It's not my personality to be extroverted emotionally, so acting has been helpful to me.

Interesting Facts about Jodie Foster

1. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 "Sexiest Stars" in film history (#45). [1995]
2. Was supposed to be commencement Speaker for Smith College in Massachusetts, but eventually had to decline. [2000]
3. As a child, she was attacked by a lion and carried briefly in its mouth while filming Disney's Napoleon and Samantha (1972).
4. Received her Bachelor's degree in literature, magna cum laude from Yale University in New Haven, CT. [1985]
5. Had to pull out of Double Jeopardy (1999) because she became pregnant.
6. Ranked #18 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 2007]
7. Born to Lucius Fisher Foster III (1922-2016), an Air Force colonel and real estate agent, and Evelyn 'Brandy' Ella Almond (1928-2019), a film producer. Her father had three sons from a previous marriage and one daughter from a subsequent marriage.
8. Graduated as the class valedictorian from the private academy Le Lycée Français in Los Angeles, California. [June 1980]
9. Was reading by the time she was three years old.
10. Fluent in French by age 14, she spoke her own lines in the film Moi, Fleur bleue (1977), the film Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004) and the film The Brave One (2007). She learned spanish at a young age. She was also fluent in Italian by age 18.
11. Younger sister of Buddy Foster, Cindy Foster Jones and Connie Foster.
12. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1976" in John'Willis' Screen World, Vol. 28.
13. Born Alicia Christian Foster, her three siblings insisted on calling her "Jodie" after their mother's live-in girlfriend, Josephine Dominguez Hill, who was known as "Jo D".
14. Made her acting debut in a Coppertone Suntan Lotion commercial when she was 3 years old.
15. For Sommersby (1993), Foster learned how to handle a horse-pulled buckboard.
16. Was offered a role in Me and Rubyfruit (1989) twice and turned the role down.
17. Has two convertibles.
18. Enjoys kickboxing, yoga, karate, aerobics, and weightlifting and collects fancy kitchenware and B&W photos.
19. Received an honorary degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
20. Gave the Class Day speech at Yale University (1993) and received an honorary (Doctor of Fine Arts) degree from Yale University (1997).