Jodie Foster Felt Irrelevant in Her 50s After Being Constantly Undermined By Her Own Mother as a Child
There is certainly no doubt about the fact that Jodie Foster is one of the best actresses in Hollywood. With nearly six decades of experience in show business under her belt, she has won numerous accolades including two Academy Awards; one for the role of gang r*pe victim in the movie The Accused and the other for the role of Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs.
If decades ago, Jodie Foster would have been asked whether or not she would be acting even when she was old, she might not have been able to answer with certainty. However, she is still an actress at 61 years of age, and it was her mother who once told her that she should make as many movies as she can because she might never work again after 40 years of age.
Jodie Foster Defied Her Mother’s Expectations
While Jodie Foster‘s mother did not say anything that did any visible harm to the actress, she might have made her feel insecure about her career at 40 years of age. For someone who has acted for nearly their entire life, it is a harsh blow to take, but Foster being the fighter she is, has defied her mother’s expectations.
During a recent interview with W Magazine, when asked what was the hardest transition for her according to her age, the Home for the Holidays director revealed that going to college as a young person and then returning to show business as a child. Foster then went on to say how her mother had a different perception of this whole thing.
“The work that I did between 16 and 22—that is the most awkward place. But my mom just kept telling me, “By the time you’re 40, you’ll never work again, so you should work as much as you can now because by the time you’re 40, you’ll be over.” Now I’ve never been busier.”
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Everything our parents do and say plays a great role in shaping us into the people that we become or strive to become as we grow up. Parents would never do anything to harm their kids intentionally, but sometimes even they don’t know what is best for their kids, and end up saying or doing things that leave a negative impact on the kids.
Jodie Foster is Content with Being in Her 60s
Jodie Foster personally felt that her fifties were awkward for her, especially since she was an actress. She said that this was because neither people understand what to do with a person at this age nor the person understands what to do with themselves. So, all a person in their fifties does is compete with their younger selves.
However, Foster is completely at peace in her sixties as she told W Magazine:
“And suddenly, sixties, the perfect thing happens: At 60, you suddenly realize you don’t care about all the things that you cared about in your fifties. You get to support other people because you know it’s not your time. There’s something about being the wise one in the room that it’s just so much more fun.”
The Money Monster director claimed that she was the wisest person in the room when she was working in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver even though she was as young as 12 years old at the time.
