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When Jodie Foster talks, we listen (and sometimes drool)

Jodie Foster makes me weak at the knees. She has done so for as long as I can remember and will no doubt continue to do so until my golden years, when I will inevitably require double knee-replacement surgery — caused, in no small part, by her superhuman joint-weakening powers. She is everything that is sexy about a smart woman, as well as just damn sexy, period. If you think I’m exaggerating about that last bit, please let me present exhibit hummana hummana:

That glimpse of white tank top nirvana is the surprise gift waiting inside this month’s W magazine (you know, the one with Fraulein Paltrow on the cover). Man, if only they’d put this on the cover instead, W would have seen its lesbian subscriptions skyrocket. The accompanying article is signature Jodie. She is truly the master of giving just enough of herself to let us think we know her, but never more than she wants us to know. Still, if there is one thing she is perfectly clear about, it’s her distaste for the Hollywood game. As she told W:

“I can’t do any social-related celebrity anything. When I was in my 20s, I could still kind of do that because it was, like, 'Wow! Sting!' But at this point, while I’m fascinated by talented people, it’s not enough to make me want to put on makeup and do that thing.”

That quote is a perfect example of why I feel about the opening of a Jodie Foster film the way other people feel about waking up Christmas morning. It’s the only time of the year (or, more accurately, years) when she actually does press. And we get to see shots of her looking like this.

By her own admission, Jodie doesn’t grant interviews when she's not promoting a film. Her fierce protection of her private life is legendary. Fans like me tend to hoard these rare stretches of public exposure like a squirrel storing acorns before a long winter. Let me tell you, my cheeks are full right now. Uh, figuratively. Not only did Jodie give previously reported-on interviews with the Los Angeles Times and More, but she is also the current cover girl on Entertainment Weekly and C magazines.

One of the more interesting things I’ve noticed is that almost every interview mentions the secrecy around her sexuality. This is quite a shift from a few years ago, when the mainstream press kept all whiff of her personal life off its pages. Still, other than her tantalizing More answer about her “eternity ring,” Jodie remains firmly wedded to her traditional “No comment.” EW asked her to respond to Out magazine’s controversial “The Glass Closet” cover, featuring models holding masks of her and Anderson Cooper:

“Was that the one with the Popsicle sticks?” Her thin lips tighten into a calm half smile of reproach: “No, I have no response.”

Popsicle sticks. Oh, that’s classic. Here are some other great gems from her recent spate of interviews. From C, on her dislike of dressing up for photo shoots: “It’s pretty much like sticking my eyes with a pencil.” From EW, on her inspiration for the look of her Inside Man character (whom Jodie has signed on to reprise in an upcoming sequel and who will get her own presumably Jodie-less TV pilot): “You know the Louis Vuitton ad with Uma Thurman where she looks like the perfect Aryan total goddess with slick blond hair and all the jewelry and the lipstick? I took that in and said, ‘I want to look like that, only I’m not her so I’m not going to be as pretty.’” Hmm, I don’t know. I think she is selling herself seriously short in the pretty department.

And perhaps my favorite, most telling quote isn’t even from Jodie. It’s from The Brave One director Neil Jordan, recalling a conversation they had while she was stretching on set: “I said, ‘Jodie, did you do ballet as a kid?’ She said, ‘No, I was always more into karate.’” Oh, really. I never would have guessed. Nope, never at all.

Expect the Jodie bonanza to continue until The Brave One opens Sept. 14. Catch her on the Late Show With David Letterman Sept. 10 and the Today show Sept. 11. And just for good measure, check out this new featurette on the making of the film. Consider my knees sufficiently hobbled.



[W and C images via JodieFoster.nu]

ice cream's picture

*swoon*

She was the first actress to made me realize I like women.. I know what you mean about making your knees feel weak.. I just hope her movie opens well for her.. the plot seems interesting.. and her hair looks awesome, reminds me of how she used to dress when she did Freaky Friday ;]

Thanks for the blog xD

 

"I never knew a love
A love that could be sweeter
No matter what my mind says
Your music gives me fever"

-iio "Is It Love?"

Nea's picture

"You're a magnificent cunt, Miss White."

I've had a hugeass crush on Jodie ever since I was 11 or 12 years old - is when I saw her in Taxi Driver (and it was okay for me drool over "Iris"). The rest is history.

She's smart as hell, she's witty and funny, and she's sexy like it's nobody's business. She's like wine - the older she gets the better she looks... In my eyes, there's nothing she could possibly do wrong, everything she touches turns to gold.

You're right! When Jodie talks, we listen. Especially if she happens to do it in French.

Oh, clearly, she's my favourite subject to talk about so I'm just gonna spare you :)



There's something both beautifully fragile and undeniably fierce about Jodie
Foster's birdlike features. She looks at once like she needs protection but,
if provoked, could kick your ass to Tuesday.

 

Okay. Everyone! FAST! What's your favourite Jodie film?!

ice cream's picture

Did Someone Say Wine? Yes Please ;p

I agree with you, on the whole "the older she gets the better looking she gets"

and hell yeah she's smart and witty and knows when and how to use it. This is what I love about Jodie Foster.. she's intellectual woman who knows how to stay on her ground to fight of those questions about her sexual orientation.. it makes me want her more *lovingly sighs*

"I never knew a love
A love that could be sweeter
No matter what my mind says
Your music gives me fever"

-iio "Is It Love?"

Nea's picture

I'm especially partial to Chilean white wine.

I agree with you on all accounts. It's all about her intelligence.

 

And can I just add one (okay, two) more things...

 

- the voice... oh my good god, the voice on that woman...
- the eyes... it's like they see right through your skin and bones and into your soul...


enough said.

ice cream's picture

Her Voice

When I watched the old version of Freaky Friday, I could not believe she sounded alike as she does now.. and even better [ofcourse] but it made me giggle..;] her eyes stand out so much, hypnotizing. o.o

We should run a marathon of Jodie Foster's movies or list top 10 movies or something which has her starring in it.

x

"I never knew a love
A love that could be sweeter
No matter what my mind says
Your music gives me fever"

-iio "Is It Love?"

Nea's picture

:)

I just recently watched a film in which she was 9 years old and even back then she had the same exact tone to her voice. It was a little freaky, I'll tell you that.

 

I've got about 25 of her films and I've got the wine! My place? :D

ice cream's picture

Wine + 25 Jodies Foster Movies =

Sweet deal.. I'll bring the glasses ;p

and I know! That's what I meant, she had the same tone heh.

"I never knew a love
A love that could be sweeter
No matter what my mind says
Your music gives me fever"

-iio "Is It Love?"

Nea's picture

!!

Fabulous :)
ice cream's picture

;]

Ofcourse Darling! :P

"I never knew a love
A love that could be sweeter
No matter what my mind says
Your music gives me fever"

-iio "Is It Love?"

jennifer from pittsburgh's picture

The Brave One

I haven't been this excited for a movie to hit the theaters since, well, I don't know when. The sexiest thing about Jodie is that she's got that huge brain and she's not afraid to use it.
Leenaomi's picture

JJJJ

Just can't wait to watch this one. Seems very intresting. And yes, I'll watch anything with Jodie F, not only because of her talent but also because of the carachters she portrays. They are always that intersting.

Probably be waithing a lil more than you since I'm in europe.

alex's picture

I love it!

Another afterellen contributor shouts her love for Jodie from the rooftops!

I've only recently jumped on the Jodie bandwagon, and I've got to say, it's been a thrilling ride. My only regret is feeling like I was late to the party.

TheLGirl26's picture

She doesn't do anything for

She doesn't do anything for me except that she's a pretty good actress ... but that's what's important right ?

"Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost"

Bodhi's picture

*sigh*

That picture of Jodie Foster in that white top - I'm so going to buy W, a magazine that I don't even read.

 What is there about her not to like? The brilliance? The elegance of her features? That she speaks French like a native? That accent? That voice? That she knows how to keep enough of herself tucked away so that the celebrity machine never manages to crush her?

I'm so going to catch The Brave One.  *sigh*

Lunakiss's picture

Smoking Cute!

I am back home in LR.  Just got back from NYC. Changed planes in Memphis and was reading Jodie on the cover of More at the airport. God she's so clever and smart with her the answers about her private life.  Whoever she is. She's lucky. Jodie looks so sexy,  and so cute in the Brave One.  She does look better as she age. mmm. My  crush on herbegan back in Silence of the Lamb days. I'm glad she's in a new movie with a leading role. About time she she plays in  a role outside of her box.  I gotta see her The Brave One. Nothing sexier than seeing a woman in t-shirt and jeans and a nice haircut!

Kudos and love!

sunnyday's picture

"Candleshoe"

was the movie I remember her from.  That, and "The Little Girl Down the Lane" which I think also had Martin Sheen.

I remember liking her but not knowing why.  And feeling really uncomfortable after watching "Candleshoe" with my cousin (my aunt took us to see it at the show) when my aunt said I reminded her of the girl in the movie.

stormy's picture

Foster's essence

This film looks intriguing as does most of Jodie's films.  I think many of us will connect with the "dark thoughts" her character entertains.  I will see this one in the theater.

BetweenThaLines's picture

hummana hummana

that pretty much describes it.

I love her, and always will:D
gooby's picture

*sigh* indeed

Seriously *swoooooooon*

I'm hoping that the Brave One will be released in the theatres here and won't go straight to DVD... I'd love to see her new movie on the big screen.

But I agree with everything that was said in this story. Seriously. Jodie Foster ... she does movies rarely but when she does, I'm there. I don't care what it is, it's always something interesting and yeah. Ever since Silence of the Lambs, I've been a HUGE fan of hers. I still love her best in Contact though mainly because that was the best thing. Carl Sagan's Contact is my favorite book so her starring as Ellie was a dream come true. And really, if you just ignore Matthew McCounaughey, it's perfect :D

I love how GAY she is even without saying anything. That's why I feel like she doesn't really have to admit it. Cause come on. She's such a lezzie ;)

If you guys have a chance to see her Actor's Studio interview with James Lipton, definitely watch it. Jodie telling her favorite curse word alone makes it worth while :D

And in that she also says that she'd hate to be a personal shopper because she hates shopping. She said it's like sticking pins in her eyes or something like that.

Jodie Foster does a movie, I'm there!

Nea's picture

If you guys have a chance to

If you guys have a chance to see her Actor's Studio interview with James Lipton, definitely watch it. Jodie telling her favorite curse word alone makes it worth while :D

That was a brilliant Jodie Foster moment ;)

And her answer to "If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?" -

"Your way was the way."

SummerGrey's picture

Brain a la Jodie, anyone?

Fans like me tend to hoard these rare stretches of public exposure like a squirrel storing acorns before a long winter. Let me tell you, my cheeks are full right now.

 

LOL! DorothySnarker, you always crack me up.

The most delicious and beautiful thing about Jodie is her brain. Yum. I'd like to have a second helping, please..a third...a fourth...a fifth...a sixth ;-)

Cailean's picture

Which century?

... Are we living in????! Sorry. but if you have to use another language, please try to do it in a correct way... or make it clear that it is the use of it from like 50 years ago. It's Frau... not Fräulein! Geez, ...and I thought the '70's are over... that we still have to battle that one... :)

Especially in a thread that deals with independent women at least we (lesbians/bi's) should address them correctly and not insult them (which it is in today's usage. -- comparable to 'girlie' instead of 'girl' or 'missy' instead of 'miss'---). Sorry, if that sounds harsh, but the usage of Fräulein annoys me (and the overwhelming majority of women I know) to no end.

Anyway Jodie Foster is hot as always... For me there is no doubt that she is a lesbian. And as a nice dutch girl pointed out... if you look at this vid and see the way she gets out of her car (00:50) ... there can be absolutely no doubt. SO GAY! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rRPULXBXf4

I hope that the Brave One is a good movie. What I have seen so far is very promising. And Jodie Foster is always a plus....

 

Dorothy Snarker's picture

Duly noted...

Duly noted. However, I used Fraulein as a joke since the original Gwyneth post made fun of the cover shot’s dated, vaguely communist-era East German undertones. But I’ll never use it again. I wouldn’t want to be responsible for your head exploding. ;)



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Why I Don't Sleep Much: Dorothy Surrenders

Cailean's picture

*chuckles*

I know why you used it. And my head exploding... hmm, what a mess... my poor cleaning lady.

By all means use it. But it'd be nice if you keep in mind it's a highly insulting term nowadays and more work for someone if my head explodes, Fräulein! ;)

alex's picture

Great clip!

Cailean,

Nice find. She totally exudes gay in that clip :) Plus, hello, the leather jacket? haha

alex's picture

Jodie making out with--

Nastassja Kinski 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WXDwNBRtAyE

 

As long as we're making good use of youtube :) 

Cailean's picture

Alex

Nice find yourself... wow... I knew i missed something!

And if you look at what you see from the 'real' JF... I mean the car, the walk, the attitude ... the leather jacket.... So gay! ;)

Lunakiss's picture

Thanks!

What a great clip. She does it so naturally.   Thanks alex...LOL. 

Kudos and love

Pyewacket's picture

FYI TCM

I was checking out the monthly listing on the TCM network site and noticed that they are airing two Jodie Foster movies this month...Candleshoe and Freaky Friday...and I would bet it is no coincidence with The Brave One already getting the attention it has been.
NOLAgal's picture

Basketball & a Black Dress

This clip is so gay as well.  One of my favorites of Jodie. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovEZeHgW0ys&mode=related&search=

jedigirl5's picture

Jodie Foster is so awesome

Jodie Foster is so awesome .. and SO wonderfully gay. i remember one time she was on Jay Leno and he asked her where she liked to go shopping and she was like "uhh .. Target?" and then he asked her what she liked to buy there and she was like "uhh .. athletic gear?" lol.

i'm really glad she wears more butch street clothes in her new movie, she looks better in that stuff - in my opinion.

the best thing about Jodie though is her voice! hands down, no argument. i remember when i was in high school and i kept going to see Contact over and over and over, and i couldn't quite figure out why i liked it so much. i was a big science and sci-fi fan .. and i'd read Carl Sagan's novel and liked it a lot, but there was more to it than that .. it took me several years to realize that no on says '4.4623 gigahertz' quite like Jodie.

stormy's picture

Lovin it!

4.4623 GIGAHERTZ...LMAO!  Try rolling that around on your tongue!  Jedigirl5, you're all over it!
imthey's picture

I too will spare everyone my

I too will spare everyone my ramblings about Jodie Foster and my longtime love and admiration for her and everything she does.
I am very much looking forward to "The Brave One"... Jodie never fails to live up to my expectations, so when she finally makes a film and it's released I will run to be first in line to watch it.
There is a certain grace and old style Hollywood star quality to Jodie Foster that some of my other favorites in Hollywood lack-that mystique that lends to my love of her.
I remember clinging to the fact that she flirted with and kissed other women in "Carny", "The Hotel New Hampshire" and "Siesta" and always played tough gal roles in most of the movies she has chosen.
Jodie Foster simply put is magnificent!



"Think Sideways"
    I M THEY

Frenchie's picture

Thanks NolAgal for the

Thanks NolAgal for the link.

What is there not to love. She speaks French and can play with a basketball. And she is so damn HOT!!!

 Allons enfants de la Patrie
Le jour de gloire est arrivé

rainer's picture

jodie...

...is one of the most intelligent human beings I've ever had the pleasure of reading about. Don't you love when you read about an actor you already were drawn to and then find they are INTELLIGENT.... "sigh"... love to jodie...
Perks's picture

ms foster :P

ahhh ms foster, a classic with the ladies.

i cant think of a dyke who doesent get all goosebumpy at the sight or even mention of this woman.

she is the perfect combination of brains, strength and beauty.

dreamy.

xxxx