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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 5 June 2018
Q&A: Jodie Foster on 'Hotel Artemis,' turning down big jobs

By LINDSEY BAHR AP: Have you ever been
Associated Press approached to direct a
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Writer- big tent pole?
director Drew Pearce Foster: Yes. And I've said
hadn't even sent out the no, and not because I'm
script for his futuristic, so great. It's because I just
hospital-for-criminals thriller had a different idea of
"Hotel Artemis" when Jodie what I wanted my career
Foster called asking to be to be as a director. It's not
part of it. because I'm too good for it.
Foster said she's done I just had a path I wanted
that quite a few times: It's to follow with my signature.
a strategy for finding the And I'm not as interested in
best roles. The 55-year-old the abstract goal of being
actress said she tries to successful.
read everything written for It's not popular to say,
a certain age range, male so I'm careful, because
or female. That's how she sometimes things get taken
became the first person to out of context, but you
join "Hotel Artemis," in which know, yes women have not
she play a 70-something had the same opportunities
nurse and proprietor of a as men in terms of directing
hospital for the bad guys big franchise movies. But
in a riot torn Los Angeles when a woman finally is
alongside Dave Bautista, able to direct a movie
Sterling K. Brown, Jeff and become a director,
Goldblum, Sofia Boutella, after all the struggles you
Jenny Slate and Charlie have to go through, when
Day. The film hits theaters they're finally able to have
Friday. a career, it's sometimes
Foster spoke to The hard for them to go "Ok
Associated Press recently I'll just sell out." You're like,
about the film, directing "No, wait I've struggled
and the stigma of failure. my whole life to get here.
___ And I want to have a
AP: You haven't put yourself signature. I don't want to
in front of the camera very just sell out immediately." I
often recently. What was it think sometimes it's easier
about this film besides the with guys. It's almost easier
age range? for them to rationalize,
FOSTER: I just love the idea. because they're always
I'd been looking for a while going to get another job
and I really was hell-bent and they're always going
on wanting something that to have another career.
felt like a full transformation. It's interesting because,
AP: It's kind of unusual to and I don't think it was a
have a woman of this age secret with "Hunger Games"
leading an action film. but they really, really,
FOSTER: I think it's great. I In this May 20, 2018 photo, actress Jodie Foster poses at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles to really wanted a female
mean, why not? And it's promote her new film "Hotel Artemis." director. They went after
funny because, I'm not sure Associated Press everyone. And people
I would call me an action were like, "Yeah, that's not
hero, but I did a lot of script and I was drawn to it really scared because I'm than...." There was a lot of what I want to do with my
movies with a lot of action because that's who should kind of a good student and baggage that got hoisted life." And it was kind of an
in them and maybe I wasn't fascinate me, she's who like, what college do I go onto the film. I feel like the interesting reckoning.
like a sheriff or a police I should be interested in." to next? But I think it's really film was really trying to say I'm not against franchises.
man, but I was the girl I've never been interested good for me. It's really good something important. "Aliens 2" is fantastic. There's
carrying her daughter to in the girl who wears that for me to be humble and The truth about directing is I a way of doing them but
safety with the explosion in jewelry so well or the wife say like maybe I'm going to don't really care, because, you've got to beat all the
the background, so it's fun of the interesting person. I act on an iPhone. Why do I got to make a movie that odds and a woman doesn't
to see me inhabit a movie wanted to be the central I have to keep proving to I love. And that is such a very often — and this is true
like that but in a different character. everybody over and over pleasure in itself that that as an actress as well — get
capacity. AP: Do you have any again something that I did really is the greatest reward. a second shot. So you don't
When people look back directing projects coming 25 years ago? So I don't really take a lot get the opportunity to fail
and they sum up my career up? I believe that "The Beaver," of offense about how it is and then somebody puts
and they say, "Well you FOSTER: I don't. I'm happy just for example, which I received. I've learned to their hand out and goes,
played a strong woman being open to something believe is my best movie shrug my shoulders and come on we love you. That
in this movie and a strong coming along that I love and I know it's not for go "I'm sorry you didn't like doesn't happen. You come
woman in that movie and and I feel passionate about everybody, but I do think it" but I did my best. With to understand that failure
how'd you manage to do and I never know where people will look back on acting it's harder to do can be very meaningful for
that?" And I'm like, "Uhhh, that is going to take me. that movie and will finally that because you're not in you ... Often you're smarter
I don't know? I saw the There's part of me that's say "Oh I see, it's better charge. to go a different way.q