She's Not That Old
One of our favorite lesbians in Hollywood, Jodie Foster, is on the cover of the new issue of More, a magazine for "mature" women.
She's only 44!
Regardless, it's fascinating to take a look inside the brain of the multiple Oscar winner.
Here's an exlcusive taste of the dykon's interview!
On privacy:
“In 20 years, people will look back on my life and I’ll be 65 and Britney Spears will be 45, and I think by then people will understand the value of privacy.”
On her idols:
“Katharine Hepburn had a really long career. I look forward to aging on-screen, to making movies when I’m 65, 70, to playing the parts of real older women. I’d love to have the career of Meryl Streep. But I’m not sure I’ll want to work as much as she does in her fifties.”
On plastic surgery:
“It’s not my thing…I’d rather have somebody go, ‘Wow, that girl has a big nose” than “Wow, that girl has a bad nose job.’ I’d rather have a comment about who I am than about something that identifies me as being ashamed of who I am.”
On gun control:
“Isn’t it possible that we all have that bit of insanity in us? That’s why I’m for gun control. Absolutely. Hunting, I get that – let’s protect hunting. But I don’t believe that people should have access to life-or-death situations at any emotional time in their life. I don’t really believe that a human being who feels [things] should have the option at their fingertips.”
About the loneliness of an actor:
“Whether I like to admit it or not – and usually I don’t like to admit it – the stuff I do affects me. It’s this strange lonely thing. It’s hard to explain what it is to lie in a pool of fake blood for four days and just be thinking those thoughts…There’s a real sadness to it. So I don’t want to do that more than once a year.”
On being famous:
“I’ve learned a lot of lessons over the years. One is that if I weren’t famous again and no one knew who I was, I’d be perfectly happy.”
On family:
“Every once in a while I’ll have one of those days when I’ve fed the fish, cleaned 10 poops from the patio, taken the cat to the vet, sewn my son’s stupid karate stars on until my fingers bleed and made sure that he has everything, and he wakes up and goes, ‘Oh, what’s for breakfast?’ he doesn’t know, and why should he? Right? But there’s absolutely no sort of acknowledgements or reward for this – except for the intangible of my kids growing up to be wonderful people. I do find myself in the garage listening to NPR because I want to have a stimulating side to my life…The only thing about having kids is that I miss being alone.”
On the upside of being 44:
“I think the pressure’s off. The hardest part of my personal neuroses is that I feel responsible for everything. I put so much pressure on myself, and I always did as a kid. There’s a nice thing about turning a certain age where you’ve made so many life decisions; so many nonchosen paths are behind you, and you don’t have to worry about them anymore.”
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Yes, Jodie being raped is an "emotional" moment for most Womyn (and Men); so is being burglarized @night in your own home. You would not know about these things because you live in a gated, secure neighborhood — you are secluded from reality. I would rather shoot an intruder to my home than be shot. Guns have a place; just not unlocked around kids.
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Everybody should watch the rock life on VH1 on monday 10:30pm. very funny
Life must be great when you`ve never had to work for a living. Go from kid to adult and always have pleeenty of money simply by making pretend you were someone else while someone films it.
funny since she's had a nose job
she is such a "together" person. who wouldn't want to be like jodie foster?
Jodie Foster is a WOMAN???
Why doesn't she talk about being gay? That's what we all wanna read about.
I like Jodie…and I agree; 44 isn't that old…I mean, look at Judi Dench.
And Brittney at 45? That's not even sane to think about…nobody wants to think about that. NO ONE.
i was dissapointed to hear her say she "gets" Hunting.
WHY ?!!
I consider myself to be a huge fan of Ms. Fosters, but I did not know that tidbit…or had forgot. I, like many others, assumed she had adopted, and I only knew of one son. Darn, no little Jodie, but I'm sure that they're amazing kids. Thank you so much for sharing that with me, and hey, at least the sons can carry on the surname–as well as her DNA.
Also, I apologize, Jody is 44; she'll be 45 in November. My birthday was 8/1, hence the slight difference.
I consider myself to be a huge fan of Ms. Fosters, but I did not know that tidbit…or had forgot. I, like many others, assumed she had adopted, and I only knew of one son. Darn, no little Jodie, but I'm sure that they're amazing kids. Thank you so much for sharing that with me, and hey, at least the sons can carry on the surname–as well as her DNA.
Also, I apologize, Jodie is 44; she'll be 45 in November. My birthday was 8/1, hence the slight difference.
Love this….
Before she even mentioned Katharine Hepburn I was thinking she will have the same legacy.
A living legend.
Is anyone old enough to remember her in the movie "Bugsy Malone"? She played "Tellulah" to Scott Baios "Bugsy" It was corney and great. GOOGLE it, you can see the trailer from 1976, what a wounderfull time that was, and she was sooooooo young. I think shes aged very well
update the site already u fat fcuk=)
First class actress! Not everyone is gay perez
Did she say she was 44?
She is 49.
What an intelligent person. Wow. That's all I can say right now.
Now THIS is a very smart, well-spoken woman. She treasures her privacy, and keeps her family out of the limelight. Should she come out? I do believe that's an issue for every individual to decide on his or her own terms, at his or her own time. Jodie? Everything that Santa Angelina is not. Super smart, deeply talented, thoughtful, caring but not self-righteous. And she doesn't shill her children for a buck, charity donated or not.
#100
Hit a little too close to home?
WHaaaaa
I work at More magazine and it's for women over 40, it's not like an old women's mag, just a mature women's mag. So Jodie Foster is a perfect cover model, just as Diane Keaton, Ellen Barkin, Katie Couric, and Angela Basset were.
Why don't they stop throwing her soft-ball questions and ask some REAL questions like:
"What do you tell your kids when they ask why they don't have a father"????
"Are you a top or bottom"???
"Is it true that you go to the dentist for a haircut"???
Unbelievable!! She has a fake nose, fake boobs, and yet she claims to reject plastic surgery. Jodie, do you really think anyone is fooled?
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She is the perfect example of class.
I like Jodie and think she's a talented actress. I also think she's entitled to her privacy and can come out when (and if) she damned well feels like it. I do take issue with her comparing her career to that of Katharine Hepburn or Meryl Streep, however. For my money, she does not have nearly the range of either of those two actresses, who appear(ed) equally adept in comedic roles, heavy dramas and sudsy, tear-jerking "chick flicks". Jodie only seems to be able to pull off the "determined woman in distress" roles, a la "Flight Plan", "Panic Room", "The Accused" and, of course "Silence of the Lambs" - in other words, pretty much the majority of the roles she's acted in over the past two decades, because she rarely steps outside her comfort zone. When she does, (think "Somersby", "Anna and the King", etc.), she falls pretty flat. I think she would do well to find a comedic role in a Christopher Guest flick or even something utterly silly akin to "Knocked Up", "Hot Fuzz" or the next "Meet the [Parents/Fockers]" installment to add a little diversity to her resume.
MORE is for women 40 and over. 44 is over 40, so therefore it makes sense that Jodie Foster is in the magazine. Great interview, by the way! There are a lot of young performers out there who should look up to her as a role model. Finally, an actress that has it all together!
Hail Jodie….any question to the reality of who you are…
we can only wish to be near her in terms of grounded!
gay or straight…who gives a fuck…happy and grounded says it all!!!
Hey, Spicy McDickhead (#128) ~ I would like to ask you where you get off (or how you beat off, perhaps, given your crass line of questioning) and why a woman who chooses to have a child–or children–on her own (or out of the limelight) is any of your business? Unlike Brangelina, Ms. Foster is not out selling photo ops of her children or dragging them around from country to country. She is providing a secure lifestyle for them in one place and has chosen not to work as intensely as she once did. I personally think she didn't go to a sperm bank but asked a close male friend (or friends) to do the honors. Probably someone intelligent and fun like she seems to be. But thank goodness, unlike Melissa Etheridge's public announcement a few years back, we'll probably never hear about it!
Weird comment on plastic surgery she's had a nose job er?
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH….
didnt read your post .perez .but if your picking on jodi foster your a fool shes a real star and your a fat loser gay man that cant get laid YOU SHOULD BE HONORING HER……………. ps you blew the view..because too many in hllywood are gay and its nobodys business yuo blew it mario
140th bitches! i've always loved her and always will! great fuckin' role model bitches whether ur gay str8 famous or not!
Come on, just because she doesn't look like a hag doesn't mean she's hot. Face it…she looks like she's 44. White women don't age well. Check the white woman wacko on fuglywood.blogspot.com.
i did not know she was a les. hmmm. weird… but i heart u perez! ur my numba 1 baby!
I love love LOVE that Jodi Foster looks so amazing and is such an awesome woman. I look up to her.
She is who I strive to be. Eloquent, poised, intelligent, compassionate, beautiful, and seems to be a natural Mother. Very refereshing. Thank you Perez for sharing an article that I would have missed.
She is a smart lady and she has a great shape, but I don't do girls! I love John Mayer….him I'd do!
#150
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Jodie is very cool! She still does great work but is not on sites like this for negative things. She will never be Meryl Streep (nobody can be) but she has a certain quality about her. Tia Leoni has the same quality. I am not sure what it is but it is unique!
Perez post something new! I'm goin crazy down here at the lake!
YEA PEREZ - You posted a decent article and I thank you as I'm also 44 and this rocks! She's a cool chick that Jodie Foster.
she has ugly boobs.. they're flat like pancakes
FINALLY, Perez posted something that made me feel good about a celebrity.
Feels… strange
Sorry new #150
Wasn't talking about you, you just became #150 aftrer they took the spammer off the site. Jodie rocks!
I aggree with her take on plastic surgery. I would rather grow old gracefully than have my skin pulled so tight it shines. I do however take exception to her comments on gun control. Thank you Ms. Foster for understanding hunting thereby making it OK for me to do that. Woud you please come over and explain the insanity to the intruder who is in my home and I do not have a weapon to defend myself.
Great Actess that's all I know or care to, keep working gurl…
When is the last time she made a good movie JoeyOh, Flight Plan, Panic Room? What difference does it make how great she supposedly is, when all her movies suck. Thank god at least her directing career has dried-up anyway, can't get the financing for any more of her stinkers apparently.
bullshit shes 44 shes well over 45!!!!!
#80 CoCo was on the mark about gun control. I was a sheriff once (shot at 2X) and my brother has been police officer for 19 yrs and here are the facts that are not reported. There are 1,000's of lives saved each year because the citizen had a gun and used it; the media doesn't report it because they are pro gun control. Crime is higher in areas were gun laws are strict; even in England with their laws the murder rate has not drop significantly. If someone wants to kill you and you alone (which is the majority of murders), they will find another weapon to kill you with–you can't outlaw baseball bats, kitchen knives, or bare hands. The police cannot provide protection like everyone thinks. Most of their actions are "after the fact." It's always 90% boredom and 10% high tempo for a patrolman. Remember, you are first line of defense in protecting your life and love ones. Who would want to delegate that responsibility? If Dr. William Petit Jr, the Connecticut doctor whose family was raped and murdered recently, had a gun, he would have had a chance against those monsters and change the outcome.
Wow, out of that whole interview, all yáll wanna write about is the lesbian thing? She's one of the most intelligent, talented actresses of her generation, get a clue ; )
Wow she looks way better than I do at 44!
Perez,
I want to thank you! every since I found your site I have saved about $6.00 a week on tabloids which means I should have my laptop paid for in about 5yrs:) just a little suggestion, last entry had 6 out of 8 items on Brittany,that poor girl is a train wreck but really not that interesting. As a mother of 3 I find her kind of disgusting and sad.Hey, Whats your deal w/ Rumor Willis? She's only a kid and celebrity by proxy why do you hate her?
JODI IS A CLASS ACT ALL THE WAY
Perez, Since you're in the "media" you should know, MORE magazine focuses on women 40-49 years old, so she fits right into their demographic…
why can 't she just fuckin come out of her fuckin closet, she's such a bitch for the gay and lesbian community!!!
This woman is the epitome of CLASS is every sense of the word!
Is "Dykon" really necessary, you fat fucking bitch?!? So she values her privacy and wants to live her life her way…what's the harm to YOU? Jodie Foster is one of the most grounded personalities you'll find in Hollywood. I admire this classy, talented lady big time. She's the kinda woman you aspire to be.
…sorry, but all this sycophantic suckupin' idolatry of a very mediocre talent made me sickup this morning… jf is the female equivalent of a yutz…
65+ should be "mature, 44 is in the middle of life.
Jodie, it would be nice of you to do a quality movie again. Flightplan sucked and The Brave One looks like it's going to suck. What happened to your edge?
"Come on, just because she doesn’t look like a hag doesn’t mean she’s hot. Face it…she looks like she’s 44. White women don’t age well. Check the white woman wacko on fuglywood.blogspot.com."
Are you a fucking racist cunt or something ?
Love Jodie. Unlike Brangelina and Ben and Jen, you won't see her out parading her kids around so that she appears to be the good mommy. This chick actually raises her kids - and not just for photo ops!
"I work at More magazine and it’s for women over 40, it’s not like an old women’s mag, just a mature women’s mag. "
The style is not very hip though, it reminds me more of the style for 60+ year olds.
why on earth would they put the font on top of her face? BAD GD…
gina, because she is a class act and a private person. If she were a freak like clay aiken, who just screams gay but won't admit it, cause he is teasing his idiot fans I would say yeah. This is just a private, classy, extremely talented actress and in her case, it is really no ones business.
she was awesome in the movie "inside Man"
You gotta love Jody Foster!
to the person who said it's fashion for 60+, you're probably 16 years old.. and when you grow up to be a big girl and not a toys r us kid, you'll see what i'm talking about.
to the guy who commented on the font in front of her face, that's not actually how the cover printed. someone just sent an old file before they matched the colors. The MORE actually appears behind her head.
Jodie Foster looks gorgeous. That dress is fab.
And I have to say, I read More Magazine, and it's actually very interesting - the articles have a lot of substance to them and are very varied. I'm a bit below it's target audience probably but I think it's a good read - especially when you want more than the "What's he REALLY thinking" type of article.
Looking forward to seeing the feature on Jodie!
The amazing thing about this Oscar winner actress is how she keeps her private life, PRIVATE. For years, she has given substantial amount of money to different organizations around the world. A major humanitarian, but she has keept this fact from the public. (Like real humanitarians do).
I really believe she is the antithesis of Angelina Jolie. While Angelina make a muckerry of herself promoting her "generosity to the world", Jodie keeps quiet and classy about what she does for others.
She is also a friend of her friends. When everybody was blaming and trashing Mel Gibson for his "Jew" accident, Jodie Foster defended him with passion, even thought it was not "politically correct". Oh how I love this women . She is the real deal!
MORE is a magazine for women over 40
she is 44
whats the problem again?
What a breath of fresh air. I always liked her (especially in the Accused) but now I have a new found respect for her. I too am a mother and when people are honest about motherhood - it makes me feel normal. Woman want children but sometimes when your raising them you lose a part of yourself and that alone time would be nice. On the other hand God blessed you with these children and your raising beautiful human beings. It's a struggle whether your an actress or an attorney. Thank you Jody for being so honest.
what about the "On being gay:" part?
JODIE A DYKE?
DUHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Mia…I was talking about how LiLo LOOKS like Jodie did growing up…Obviously there's no comparison in the talent department!!
God I lover her more than ever. Can't wait for THe Brave One. Jodie w/a gun!
She's so gorgeous and fabulous!!!
If I was a lesbian I would DEFINITELY go for Jodie.
An intelligent, thoughtful "celebrity." What a refreshing change.
Isn't she a member of Mensa? She and Sharon Stone?
So many on here feel the need to throw out she's a lesbian, dyke etc. Well for one thing so what if she is.I like her movies. My opinion she's a Wonderful Actress. I don't give a rat's ass if she is gay or not. This old man likes looking at her…………………
Great interview but the cover of that Hag Mag is s mess! Jodie is a nice looking woman and they dressed her in a rusty pipe colored dress and gave her old biddy hair. She's 44 Not 104! And why did they drop that "r" right over her face? F*ck the art department and the fashion department of MORE!
Love you for saying she's not old enough for the mag..
Love you're site.. I'm turning 44 in SEPT.. SHUSH don't tell anyone!
On plastic surgery:
“It’s not my thing…I’d rather have somebody go, ‘Wow, that girl has a big nose” than “Wow, that girl has a bad nose job.’ I’d rather have a comment about who I am than about something that identifies me as being ashamed of who I am.”
WHAT HYPOCRISY!!!! The closeted dyke has some gall to suggest that someone who chooses to have plastic surgery has something to be ashamed about. If she's all about lovin' her big nose, then why can't she just come clean about being a dyke. Geezzzz!
She is my role model!