Jodie Foster

Do you live your life that way as well?
JF: Yeah, I really do. I mean, I think I try to be the best person I can. Lord knows, I make big mistakes. I make big mistakes all the time. But I try to be as honest and direct as I can.

What do you feel is the greatest accomplishment of your career?
JF: My greatest accomplishment, I think, was being able to direct my first movie [Little Man Tate]. I was very lucky to be involved with producers who knew me and saw me in some ways as their prodigal daughter and gave me the opportunity when they didn't know what I would have done with it. They had no idea what was coming... The best movie that I think I've made [as an actress] is Taxi Driver. Even though I wasn't in a lot of the film, it's one of those movies from the '70s that I think people will remember in 40 and 50 and 60 years. It's just incredible to be involved in a film that's really part of the canon.

How do you manage your free time when you're on location?
JF: Well, when I'm on location I have no free time. I pretty much come home from work and I eat something and I go to bed. And we usually work a six-day week, so on Sunday I do a lot of sleeping, and I watch TV and do some crossword puzzles. That's pretty much the only thing I have time to do when I'm on location.