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Jodie Foster Talks the Dark Side of Child Stardom, Admits She Was ‘Difficult’ to ‘Manipulate’
Jodie Foster has been acting since she was three years old, getting her first Oscar nomination at age 12 for 1976’s Taxi Driver. In that classic, the actress, now 63, was controversially cast opposite Robert De Niro as a sex worker.
With the film celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the mom of two reflected on her career, telling NPR she’s “grateful” for her early start because it helped her to develop “resilience” that helped her “survive intact.”
Musing on sexual abuse in the industry, Jodie admitted she’s wondered how she remained unscathed. “Anybody who’s in the workplace has had misogynist microaggressions. That’s just part of being a woman, right?” she said, then credited her early success with keeping her safe from worse.
“By the time I had my first Oscar nomination, I was part of a different category of people that had power, and I was too dangerous to touch,” she said, adding that her personality was a factor too. “It’s very difficult to emotionally manipulate me… Predators use whatever they can in order to manipulate and get people to do what they want them to do.”
