• 3 days ago
Martin Scorsese: mustache. George Clooney: tequila and coffee.
Brut asked Jodie Foster to say the first thing that came to mind when asked about these former costars. Here's what she said...
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00:00Kristen Stewart's Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Downey Jr.
00:07Kristen Stewart's my daughter.
00:10You know, mariachi is the word that comes to mind when I think of Kristen Stewart.
00:14We had a birthday party, I think it was her 11th birthday party on the set and panic room.
00:21And we had a mariachi band and a taco bar, so that makes me think of Kristen Stewart.
00:27I'm so proud that Quentin Tarantino exists.
00:30That this just crazy, totally talented, ambitious, amazing, joyful person was able to find a movie business and create films for us.
00:48Some people have said that one of the characters in his last movie was inspired by me.
00:52There's a little girl who's an actress in the film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
00:55And while I was watching the movie, I didn't get it.
00:58But all of my friends that I went with were like, that's gotta be you.
01:02Except Quentin Tarantino, I'm not very serious.
01:05This is the part that he may not know.
01:07I'm not a very serious person.
01:11Completely quiet.
01:12He never really says anything.
01:14And at least that was true when I was young.
01:17He was Travis Bickle when I met him, so I have no idea who the real Robert De Niro is.
01:24But he really comes out by acting.
01:27His own personality is very hard to find.
01:29I have no idea who he is.
01:34That's my thought about Martin Scorsese.
01:36When I first met him, he had a mustache and he would always twist it.
01:39Kind of like a sort of old character in a spy movie or something.
01:46He always had this twisty mustache.
01:49Perfection.
01:51Most elegant filmmaker.
01:53I've learned more from David Fincher than any filmmaker I've ever worked with.
01:57It is like a master class, just being in the same room with him.
02:00And I would do anything with David Fincher.
02:04Thank you is the words that come to mind for Julia Roberts.
02:07You know, she's effortless.
02:09She's incredibly charming and everybody loves her.
02:12And it's amazing how she can come to set with 500 pages of dialogue
02:17and 14 different things that she has to do.
02:19And she just makes it look completely effortless.
02:22And I will always be grateful for the work that she did on Money Monster,
02:25which was extraordinary.
02:28Well, tequila and coffee.
02:30What else would come to mind with George Clooney?
02:32We'll always think of tequila and coffee.
02:34Things that we ingest.
02:36Things that we drink.
02:39He's wonderful in Money Monster and I'm just so happy that I got to work with him.
02:44Funny. He's my guy.
02:46I just texted with him yesterday.
02:48And, you know, sometimes he's like my brother.
02:52That would be the word that would come to me.
02:54He's like my brother.
02:55And it doesn't matter how much time goes by.
02:57I just love the guy.
02:59And I know he has his issues and his problems.
03:01But he's my brother.
03:05Voices.
03:06Because Kate Winslet can do voices.
03:08Unlike anyone else I've ever met,
03:10she can change her voice and play characters.
03:13And she has one particular voice that I love the most,
03:17where she plays a young lady from some crazy part of England in a beauty salon.
03:24And she'll just pop into that voice at any moment.
03:28I have a real thing for Spike Lee.
03:30I love Spike Lee.
03:31And he always makes me smile and I always feel so supported and loved.
03:35And I feel like he brings you into his family, you know, when you're making a film.
03:39He's also very impatient.
03:41So impatient would be a word that I would use for him.
03:43Whenever he's working, he's like, come on, come on, next take, let's go.
03:46What are we doing now?
03:47Where are we going?
03:48He never wants to wait for the cameras to be set up.
03:50He never wants to wait for any of the sound or visuals or anything.
03:53He just wants to keep going.
03:56I did a movie with Woody Allen a hundred years ago.
03:58And what can I say about him?
04:02Lots of takes.
04:04I think we, you know, lots of retakes.
04:07We went back and did the same scene like three different times in three different months.
04:11He likes to get it right, but he doesn't know in the moment exactly how to say that.
04:15So I guess you know that when you're going to make a Woody Allen movie,
04:18you're going to come back and try and revise it a million times.
04:22We spent a lot of time in a very dark, small space together.
04:27So he's very quiet and reserved and kind of meticulous.
04:33And he's much taller than me, as you know.
04:36So it's kind of a funny thing that he's so tall and he's such a big guy.
04:40And you just kind of want to give him a hug because he speaks so softly.
04:46I love Anthony Hopkins.
04:47A lovely man, incredible actor.
04:49He really gave, in the last few years, probably the two best performances I've ever seen, really,
04:54in The Two Popes and in The Father.
04:56Extraordinary man.
04:59I love her. Wonderful actress.
05:00And I'm so flattered and proud that I was chosen to feature her,
05:05to do her feature part in The Orange Is New Black.
05:08She's a real hero for our time.
05:11And she's taught me so much, honestly.
05:13I feel like she's a great teacher for our time.
05:21I felt very lucky to do one of Matthew's...
05:23I'm not sure it was one of his first movies,
05:25but it was one of his first big films, so Contact.
05:29We had a great time together and we discovered the stars together
05:33and we learned all about physics and astronomy.
05:35So I got to spend some time with Carl Sagan, which was exciting.
05:40I love him. I love him. I'll always love him.
05:43He was in Home for the Holidays and delivered such an amazing performance.
05:48And he's been such a good friend to me and his wife Susan.
05:51And I really do feel like he's a part of my family and I'll always know him.
05:56I made a movie with Michael Douglas when I was nine.
05:58Napoleon and Samantha.
06:00Lion is what comes to mind because on that movie I was bitten by a lion.
06:06And yeah, Michael and I worked with those lions.
06:10There were three lions that were in the film and we worked with those together.
06:14The first time I met Michael Douglas, I was doing an episode of The Streets of San Francisco,
06:18but he doesn't remember.
06:19I remember, but he does not remember.
06:21I think I was like seven or eight.
06:28I don't know.

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