DIRECTOR JODIE FOSTER: 'JUST ACTING SEEMED LIKE NOT ENOUGH'

Jodie Foster Profile

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress, director, and producer who has worked in films and on television. She has often been cited as one of the best actresses of her generation. Foster began her career at the age of three as a child model in 1965, and two years later moved to acting in television series, with the sitcom Mayberry R.F.D. being her debut. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she worked in several primetime television series and starred in children's films. Foster's breakthrough came in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976), in which she played a teenage prostitute; the role garnered her a nomination for an Academy Award. Her other critically acclaimed roles as a teenager were in the musical Bugsy Malone (1976) and the thriller The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), and she became a popular teen idol by starring in Disney's Freaky Friday (1976), Candleshoe (1977) and Foxes (1980).

Director Jodie Foster: 'Just acting seemed like not enough'

Jodie Foster is as surprised as anyone that the fourth film she's directed, "Money Monster," is coming out in the summer among the likes of Avengers and Angry Birds.

Jodie Foster loves acting, and plans to remain an actor her whole life — but the Academy Award winner also admits it's "not enough".

Foster, known for her roles in films like The Silence of the Lambs, The Accused. and Panic Room, added a second arc to her career when she claimed the director's chair.

"I was really drawn to this idea that the whole vision could be yours," Foster tells guest host Gill Deacon, adding that directing has been her dream since girlhood.

Money Monster is the fourth feature film directed by Foster, and this time she's entirely behind the camera. Her thrilling hostage drama stars George Clooney as an over-the-top financial TV personality, and Julia Roberts as his behind-the-scenes producer.

Foster joins Deacon to discuss the new film, its underlying themes of fear and failure, and why she gets nervous around people who aren't nervous.