Jodie Foster Quotes

When someone sees in you what you've been feeling all along, that's an awesome thing.

People confuse fame with validation or love. But fame is not the reward. The reward is getting fulfillment out of doing the thing you love.

My main hope for myself is to be where I am.

You've got to be fine with who you are.

It's not important to me that people understand me.

Rod Carew told me once that for those that know you, no explanation is necessary, and for those that don't know you, none is possible. That's the philosophy I live by.

You want to feel, 'I know that character.'

Does self-acceptance ultimately require another person, or is there a kind of love that does not dabble in the dream of a perfect twinship?

I think, for a long time, I didn't have people who understood where I was coming from. They were giving me advice on what would be good for them.

If you don't embrace who you are and accept who you are, you won't be able to live a happy life.

I'm at a place in my life right now where I'm very happy, very content. I'm finally OK with the idea of who I love, who I want to be with.

You must first get along with yourself before you can get along with others.

It's really important to talk to yourself and look at yourself in the mirror and love who you are.

In my heart I know what kind of person I am, and that's good enough.

Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.

There is no happiness outside of ourselves.

I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

I'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am.

I can live with myself.

I'm okay in my skin, you know... I'm okay with who I am.

I'd say for those people who don't feel like they fit in, I'd want them to ask themselves why they want to, who they are trying to please, and whether or not those people are worth it. You know what they say: 'If they don't want you, then they don't deserve to have you.'

I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity to love and be loved or your capacity to hear and to really speak.

I really do feel like I know myself, and I'm so happy to be by myself and I'm so happy to be with other people; I just know myself really, really well, and I think that is an amazing thing. I think a lot of people don't know themselves that well.

Fame won't make you feel any better about yourself.