Jodie Foster, reluctant star

In 2000, Jodie Foster talked with Charlie Rose about her turbulent life as an actress and how she tries to keep her private life shielded.

[@garywilson3042]

She seems like such a humble, down to earth person, and she is also a fantastic talented actress to boot. What a genuinely nice person she is.

[@RodneyDodson]

I love how she answers that not having her father had no impact on her life because he simply wasn't around. Like she didn't take that to a dark place. I think we kinda train kids to feel ashamed for not having both a mom and a dad in the picture growing up and that's what causes most of the trauma.

[@nestorvilla1525]

Rodney Didson: Of course she's wrong because her father absentia caused her lesbianism!! It's really incredibly at her age she sitll didn't know that and people like you !!

[@lakeside4485]

Well, what she herself was describing isn’t healthy for a child though. It’s called “parentification.” For a parent to attach to his/her child as a replacement for an absent spouse is terribly unhealthy. It’s also called “emotional incest.” While I get where you’re coming from, especially because shame imposed by society can be just as damaging as losing a parent, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t real emotional wounds that occur as a result of a parental loss and the response of spouses and children who experience it. I disagree with you that Jodie “decided not to take that to a dark place.” From my point of view, that looks like denial.

[@lakeside4485]

Nestor Villa Can you explain to me how losing a father at an early age can make someone a lesbian?

[@gabriellethebard9339]

@@nestorvilla1525 since you are such a genious, can you explain to us why there are straight people who grew up with just one parent and gay poeple who had both parents? Tell us genious

[@mr.rodgers3745]

I agree

[@taikoking1]

I guess judging from most of the comments, I can see why she would rather be anonymous, I mean who would want to be confronted with all these ugliness?

[@senoritaaurora5123]

Jodie is so rare, magnetic and utterly compelling. She had 'it'

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

I can listen to this extraordinary woman for hours 👌👌

[@stephaniestanley8041]

A rare strong woman... accepting responsibility as a child, growing into a person of beauty and integrity.

[@suzannehuang]

She is soooo avant-garde, so admirable.

[@HeinzFugenstie]

avant-garde... seriously? lol

[@mpa1931]

Very smart and elegant woman, lots of respect for her

[@littlecasino60]

*Part of this interview has been edited or cut out because she spoke more about being in 'Taxi Driver' when I saw this originally air of 60 Minutes.*

[@LiberianStreetwalker]

You're very frank Jodie. I think it would be quite something to know you in private life.

[@akashpatnaik2694]

I see you

[@dreamluvr1600]

ikr! she seems like she would be such a sweet, genuine friend to have. with good moral standing and honesty

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

Jodie Foster looks much more beautiful here at 36 then she did in her 20s

[@jungyew]

She is the opposite of Kim Kardashian in every positive way.

[@lamb9770]

obsession

[@Bikewithlove]

Enjoy success with no regrets, because genuine positive relations with other people is extremely rare and difficult no matter what. Someone always wants to project something on you or to take something from you regardless of circumstance. I'm pretty anonymous and people generally give me a hard time every day. I think maybe the difference between being famous and being unknown is that the same kinds of people who bug you when you're famous will also abuse you because you're not. I find personally that being kind and genuine toward others will bring levity to such situations. Peace & love!

[@TarasTarot]

Jodie’s so interesting to listen to!

[@Vejur9000]

Jodie was also incredibly beautiful. Just an iconic face in Hollywood history.

[@rickyparker4436]

Imo Jodie foster is one of the BEST actors in Hollywood.

[@jeunesseeternelle9803]

2:29 What a style !

[@TheIndependentLens]

I relate her being a hapless bystander in the John Hinckley assassination attempt to The Beatles and the Manson Murders. It's like it involves them, but not really . . . It's like these people go out and do these horrendous things over an obsession, but Jodie and The Beatles were not actually involved and had nothing to do with it.

[@kleverich]

I have always admired her. Not just as an actress, but for the way she has presented and conducted herself in public. I am really looking forward to the upcoming season of "True Detective".

[@SexyStarlets35]

Jodie Foster is my hero xxx

[@beccababy1971]

She is a talented actress and director😀 and that’s how she should be seen as and I think that it’s totally unfair to associate her with something that she had no control over nor did she initiate☹️

[@humbertoluiz1975]

She is amazing, I love her movies.

[@BeingAwesomeAllDay]

Jodie Foster is amazing 3

[@the.mystery]

Just been reading your comments the past minute or two and you seem to have a lot of negativity about, either, the gay lifestyle, Jodie or both. You shouldn't let that negativity eat you up inside and consume you the way it appears to do. Don't be angry at someone for being successful. This comments section will be the most attention and fame you'll ever receive. Congratulations on all your success there, guy. If the Westboro Baptist Church ever starts handing out awards, get a trophy cabinet...

[@emmaduncan2991]

he seems highly preoccupied by lesbians, I think his wife/girlfriend left him for another woman. Or like a friend of mine once drunkenly confessed to me, that his hatred of Ellen Degeneres, had less to do with her sexuality, and more to do with his jealousy over the hotness of her wife.

[@dsipe4341]

Wildlife.......LOVE your comment. Well said!!

[@jimquinn2431]

Her being private allows her to immerse in roles and believable in a way that she couldn't if she were a "celebrity"

[@jamesheath7601]

Beautiful, intelligent lady, great actress

[@xrustynailsx]

Oh and Jodie just ONE more thing. Love ya Suit.

[@Norma-uc8dy]

Reluctant how ? So reluctant she kept doing movies for 35 years ? So many actors/actresses say they don't want their career, etc... yet there's no A or B or C level star who has ever just straight up sold their mansion, moved to Arizona or Iowa, and taken a job at Walmart or anywhere else.

[@totalbliss1]

Typical Scorpio...private and genuine.

[@dreamluvr1600]

true true true. i learned recently that her and John Hinckley (did i spell that right…) both have Virgo moon! very interesting right

[@PRmoustache88]

She speaks beautiful, fluent French.

[@KH-kb1nn]

Wonder if they did any handwriting analysis?

[@francoislegallo802]

She speaks french perfectly. If a random french person hears her, he couldn't make any difference.

[@peterwilliamson8721]

She looks extremely healthy, and fit here wish I had that level of self discipline, at that age, I could usually be found at the bar at that age.

[@chrischristoferson1191]

She looked great here. 😊

[@Vejur9000]

Jesus, you have to be tough to go through this American nightmare, any human would. Insane.

[@enfantbenibasilia4497]

I've always feel she is a very COLD person

[@richardbooth4573]

Does Jodi feel compared to Hayley Mills in her teens ?

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

You mean Genius star

[@angelrodriguezrodriguez7876]

Hola, Jodie, soy un escritor y profesor de Honduras, espero ser su amigo

[@konstantinopoulos33]

Oh no here we go again...

[@konstantinopoulos33]

No puede leer esto. Es solo un video de KZbin...

[@a5dr3]

I can't stand Charlie Rose but he was good here.

[@MrS98VAC]

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

[@sasoukijap7158]

I like you Jodie

[@peterwilliamson8721]

She even rocks the Amish look!

[@peterwilliamson8721]

Now that's a good line!

[@MrBendacorna]

You can tell Charlie Rose is a creep.

[@jeffreyrichardson]

Jody's Michael Douglas oscar clips...

[@moomman89]

I wonder if Jodie has some obsessions?Maybe I will google her.I guess her kid is 14 or 15 now.

[@susanstamboulian646]

Her perfect feet, makes it impossible not to be obsessed with Jodie Foster.

[@jeffreyrichardson]

little man tate

[@SherryBowers-q8o]

Looks like about 8 sites

[@peterwilliamson8721]

ALICIA I LOVE YOU,

[@floodland99]

Nell was painfully awful but she's a good actress otherwise in a Katherine Hepburn style.

[@jeffreyrichardson]

scott?

[@JustWatchingYourVids]

I got everything and more from writing it. I mean, 3 months later and it's still getting attention and replies? Perfect! Like I said earlier, this wasn't about awarding talent. This was rewarding a lifestyle to make others accept her behavior. Not about acting or careers. Many better people deserved accolades above her.

[@emmaduncan2991]

"rewarding a lifestyle to make others accept her behavior" I don't think anyone is forcing you to accept her behaviour, your preoccupation with who she chooses to love, pretty much tells everyone, what your real problem with Foster is. as much as you wish it were not true, the fact remains, Foster's acting talent is accepted worldwide, possibly more so then Meryl Streep. and as much as you wish it weren't true, not only is she regarded as one of America's finest actors, she is widely considered, one of the best currently on the planet. just because you take issue on who she dares to love, does not take away her talent, of which Gene Siskel called "freakishly good."

[@ryanelliott4700]

Hope john Hinckley and his mom are doing well also. 38 years of therapy is enough time to get yourself back. Praying for Hinckley Family

[@JustWatchingYourVids]

Oh, and hey Jodie, "I'm straight, go away."

[@jeffreyrichardson]

big ed and son...

[@SoldierUSArmy]

John Hinckley Jr. is the greatest American hero and the world's greatest gun-owning freedom fighter that should have won the Noble Peace Prize for shooting the our-of-control tyrant President Reagan in 1981!!!! HE, along with Lynnette Fromm, and Sarah Jane Moore, should have been just wristed slapped by the judge and let go free for defending America's freedom and liberty. If I was on the fury of their trials in court, then in jury deliberations, I would vote that the defendant is normal, sane, and INNOCENT!!!

[@Iworkwithnitwits]

She wants to be an actress and not a celebrity like Kim Kardashian. I love how she stopped to career to get a Yale education.

[@thegovtdoesntcareaboutyou]

She's soooo beautiful

[@thegovtdoesntcareaboutyou]

Wow