Yay! Jodie Foster! Hey what a nice surprise Colbert. This lady has been, still is, one of my absolute favorite actors from back when I first started watching movies, in other words, from when I was quite young indeed. Somehow I managed to go through most of my life thinking she was English.. She seems so solid, so real, and is so refreshingly non-mainstream / authentically her unique self. :)
I'm surprised Foster doesn't bring up "The Accused" - a far scarier movie than "Silence of the Lambs" - and a movie that should have kick-started the Me Too movement in 1988, nearly thirty years now.
I could listen to her speak and speak for hours, as she said she is prone to do. She's such a smart, classy woman. And SO humble about her intelligence and her gifts. She's so right about needing a next step for the women's movement. Always admired her.
The next step should be concrete repercussions for the abusers. Like, actual jail time. Not just a civil settlement and a 10 year absence from the spotlight before 'making a comeback'. They will continue to do it until it is no longer tolerated. We have to make the consequences intolerable for them.
Jail/Prison is not really any good for rehab, in current USA penal system which is mostly crap: confinement and forced labor for shit salary, they become resentful and better criminals, Jail/Prison are the University for criminals. This are sexual behavior problems so they should have a forced, confinement in a rehab center, depending what sexual problem they have, addiction, etc, depending on the diagnostics so they can be analyzed and treated until they're fit to be free in Society, then a reconciliation might be the next step
MRostendway bitch please . I’ve been sexually harassed by men and women my entire life and I’m a dude. I know how women feel in that regard. But, until I hear about a lot of men coming forth about being sexually harassed you’re not going to hear my stories, This shit is like our systemic racism. Oh yeah, I’m also a nigga. A very good looking, smart one too. Women love and white mean hate it.
This is one of the most genuine, true and useful responses to the issue. It is refreshing to hear someone with her kind of fame acknowledge that we don't need more soundbites, but rather real discussion about what our society is learning from this, has yet to learn, practical application of what we now know and so on. Finally, someone, and a woman working in entertainment too, has said what should be obvious: as great as it is to hear from the side of "victims", it's not a constructive conversation until there's a dialogue amongst all people, including those whose actions and attitudes are being prosecuted and challenged. If we compartmentalize people into just victims and perpetrators, we ignore that this is an issue that involves all people. We all have a role to play and behind our roles we are all people. The most change and most good will occur when this is addressed as an aspect of life that everyone participates in one way or another and therefore everyone should contribute to the dialogue and recognise they are part of the potential cultural shift.
Well she wasn't going to go into it there when she's just trying to promote her show lol. And it becomes public because these people should be punished and outed for the rapists and harassers that they are. They can't be loved and seen as morally just when they are doing terrible things in the shadows. Of course women don't want the attention, of course it's traumatic and humiliating. So imagine how brave it must be to risk it all to come forth and tell the truth .
A 50 year career reduced to one movie 'Silence of the Lambs'? I recently found and watched 'Nell' and she is incredible. I feel like Stephen may well have missed an opportunity to mention 'The Accused', another movie for which she won an Oscar. Ms Foster plays a young woman who is gang raped in bar while the other patrons watch and cheer. Jodie Foster is just a joy, a well rounded, intelligent and articulate fellow human with incredible talents and yet still so humble and relatable. Thank you Stephen for this interview.
Obviously she has many great films and even more quantity of great performances but every legendary thespian has one film or performance that literally is embedded in people's psyche like Raging Bull for Robert DeNiro, Hud for Paul Newman, Sophie's Choice for Meryl Streep similarly The Silence of the Lambs for Jodie Foster
Her co star in the Accused Kelly McGillis was raped in real life and stated Foster who was playing a rape victim was cold, aloof and disinterested in getting perspective of an actual victim.
What a classy lady, I thoroughly enjoyed her interview. She seems like a very nice and genuine person. And she has aged well, naturally aging gracefully 🤘
She just makes so much sense, makes it seem possible! I appreciate very deeply that Foster is able to articulate what needs to be said as she does. Peace
I think the next step is coming. It is men taking responsibility and admitting their wrong doing. Spurlock outing himself is the first example of that. Whether it is self preservation or not doesn't matter much to me, just acceptance of misconduct. Then we need a way for these people to achieve forgiveness. There has to be a route out otherwise denial will persist and eventually this movement will stagnate. I'm not saying all should be forgiven. The likes of Wienstein and Moore have accusation that deserve serious jail time. But the likes of Franken, who are accused of less serious crimes should have a path out (though Franken himself shouldn't be supported as he refuses to even take responsibility for the photo).
Cameron Daly Franken says he didnt do anything, Why should.he take responsibility for something he says he didnt do? Also what about responsibilities for women. Like if you dont want to sleep eith your boss for a promotion or a big movie role.. Just say no. Dont accept and then claim rape years later when you already cashed in.
Because he did do it; there's a photograph. She was asleep and he touched her breasts. Now, the kissing thing seems rather over blown to me and I agree for a lot of these cases there is a dearth of evidence. I personally think Franken was stupid to step down and should have let the ethics commit do its job. I also think there has been a huge change in the support these women receive, many aren't seeking criminal charges because the incidents are so old that the have reached limitation. Many are anonymous and thus are unable to gain from their claims, so I'm actually more inclined to believe the anonymous than the ones suing. As other have said, to believe it is all lies is as blind as believing it is all true. I do agree that a huge problem in the current situation is a lack of evidence. Franken's groping is not one of those cases but for Hoffman I've not seen any credible evidence (although he has admitted some wrong doing (making inappropriate jokes and from the sounds of it being somewhat sexist) whilst simultaneously denying that it was wrong in the classic "I'm sorry you got your feelings hurt"). There are cases of false accusation and it is even possible that some of this is a coordinated effort. That is unlikely in Wienstein case as the accusations are coming from prominent actresses who may only damage their careers, but for political figures it certainly could be an effective means of removing opponents. Note that in my original comments about Moore I said the accusations deserve jail time which they do but I should add only if they can be proven. And to answer your comments on libel lower down in this thread I will have to agree with you, libel cases are difficult even when you know the accuser but I was merely pointing out such laws exist, I never commented on their effectiveness. There are clearly problems with both sides of our current debate but I think that is just more reason to move to the next steps so we can have a more nuanced discussion. Lastly, I'd like to thank you for not attacking me personally and bringing up legitimate issues. These are the discussions we need to be having.
Ok, where in the photo did you see him touching her?? I saw his hands hovering over her breasts, not on them. Plus, she was wearing an armored vest. And just because her eyes were closed does not mean she was sleeping. They were part of a comedy troupe at that time and they were comedians joking with one another. They joked all the time with each other. You can't be in on it the whole time and then 30 years later claim assault! He never had intent to harm or intent to over power her and force himself on her. The "forced kiss" was a part of the rehearsing for their skit. He did apologize for the photo (aka taking responsibility proving your claim to be false), after it came out decades later, and she accepted that. That should have been the end of the story. But no, it went public and the public became sjw's and made him resign - which is complete and utter bull shit. The fact that this happened (not really being any form of sexual harassment) and him losing his job is infuriating because we have men that had full intent behind their CRIMES, and they are still working, still denying (ie drumpf and Moore). It's unfortunate that this has become a political situation in that fact that when it's a democrat being accused, the republicons are all over them to resign. And guess what, they do! When it's a republican accused, all the republicons don't believe it, think the accusers are lying, say things like "well, I don't think it matters because we just need him in office over a democrat", and the accused just denies until the cows come home. Complete and utter hypocrisy and disgrace!
Jeff S THANK YOU. That picture literally shows you him NOT touching the women yet they still forced the guy out. This movement is starting to become very toxic. This idea of throwing due process out the window is very dangerous.
Cameron Daly I think we can agree that the next step should be to have nore respect for due process. Unfortunately i think a backlash will be next if people arent careful and make this a witch hunt.
Foster has been lucky, because she started out as a child actress with no guarantee of protection by being part of a famous family, yet she perfectly transitioned from child acting to adult acting with no major scandals or problems (apart from John Hinckly Jr). Ironically, Drew Barrymore had that protection, yet her parents made her drug problems worse (I think they did).
If you look up the word 'Class' or 'Charm' or 'Articulate" or Intelligence' in Webster's you will see an image of Jody. Wow!. We so need more of her and less tweeting twits. Thank you.
Seems like another lifetime ago it's been so long - but the first movie I recall seeing her in way back in the day was The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane in 1976. I probably saw her in Tom Sawyer prior - but don't recall the association of her in it. She's been omni-present it seems ever since. We're the same age so we literally grew up through the exact same eras. She's made so many wonderful movies over the years - my favorite being Contact (based on the Carl Sagan novel). She's always had a good head on her shoulders - intelligent, witty...well-spoken. Always a breath of fresh air whenever I've seen her in an interview.
i think inequality has 3 primary levels that naturally go in order from most topical to the most deeply rooted 1. legislation 2. economic/enforcement of legislation 3. cultural. Inequality can be approached out of this natural order but I think the problem with making progress in cultural inequality when legislative or economic inequality is still in place is that it leaves any cultural progress vulnerable to be reverted. So I think the enforcement and severity of rape sentences should be a focus. With something like a 10% trial rate of rape cases and a 3% conviction rate, the enforcement of sexual assault laws is really pathetic for law enforcement and with a conventional 2-3 year sentencing on that 3% of convicted rape cases, the laws against rape aren't even taking the crime that seriously when you consider growing marijuana can have a 15 year minimum sentencing. Rape and sexual assault is worse than marijuana, regardless of your political or personal views on marijuana.
I appreciate that Jodie Foster believes that there should be a dialogue between the men and women involved in these sort of things, and for them to have a chance to better themselves, rather than, as Stephen put it “just disappear”.
I always remember her as the feisty kid in Bad News Bears (1976). Who knew she would become such an accomplished and admired actress (that's the word we used in the 1900s)? Great to see Jodie Foster on the show.
Well, not quite. Jodie Foster was originally cast as Amanda Whurlitzer, the 11-year-old daughter of one of Buttermaker’s old girlfriends who becomes the Bears’ best pitcher. But she had to drop out to be in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Kristy McNichol was then almost cast, but the producers eventually changed their minds and went with Tatum O’Neal. Another actress who auditioned for the part was Sarah Jessica Parker.
When I see Jodie, it's like I have a little bit of Kristen Stewart. The way they speak, they express themselves, how shy they are and even how jealous they are with their private life. Well, they have worked together and I suppose because of their similarity they are friends
Truth and reconciliation. So glad she brought that up; that idea came to me a while back as well and I have been thinking along those lines. There has to be acknowledgment and openness, and things have to move forward somehow. It's too ingrained in culture - it has to be accepted that this has happened and understood why - no more "Oh well, boys will be boys!" This was never acceptable, but burning everything down isn't really a viable option either. It's so very important to bring this to light, but it really is the first step. If there is a true move to change things for the future, I think forgiveness of the past is going to have to play a part.
She lost me at "truth and reconciliation". The analogy of South Africa's apartheid system and egregious behavior by specific men is quite a stretch. While there is a case to be made that in the past women have been treated as chattel, we have 100 years of a modern era that steadily gave women unprecedented freedom. And to suggest that there was a politically determined sexual subjugation in the way that there was a political subjugation of blacks South Africans is ludicrous. Foster is, er, fostering a lie so that a simplistic solution like roundtable discussion appears as a realistic means of change. That gives false hope, not real change. Awareness is good. Stricter workplace rules are good. Strict enforcement of the law is good. But I fail to understand how putting all men under the interrogation lamp, as it were, does anything more than build division.
Truth and reconciliation is a concept that's been used to try to help heal societies in more than just South Africa. I don't think there's an intention to equate apartheid itself, but that doesn't mean their solution to a different problem might not shed light on a possible way to address our issues and move forward. I certainly don't think "putting all men under the interrogation lamp" should be a part of that at all. Teaching every kid respect and responsibility regardless of gender would go a long way.
Fair enough explanation, but in order for me to reply I would need to be caught up to speed with other examples than the South African one. Rwanda? Seems to me that these truth and reconciliation councils were set up to address an egregiousness that took place in a concerted, conspiratorial, plotted, determined way. There isn't that connection among "men" other than a gender.Those who believe there is some inherent flaw in "men" would have no problem with truth and reconciliation because they believe that all men need to reconcile for their being party to this thing called "men". That's what I don't buy. But even if there is a "flaw" I don't believe having some mass meeting about it solves anything. One need only look at the Chinese Cultural Revolution for proof of that. They tried to solve the idea of being "bourgeois" through mass coercion, criticism/self-criticism meetings, and plain old humiliation. It just killed people and solved nothing. Your last sentence is a non sequitur. But I have no problem with that idea, largely because I was brought up that way. Which is to say, that people saying that "teaching every kid respect and responsibility regardless of gender" need to understand that that isn't some brand new idea, let alone that it's a cure all. One only needs to point to men brought up under religious guidance who have ended up letting sexual urges get the better of them to understand that there is no perfect "fix" when it comes to sexual urges. (And one can point to all different religions in that regard: e.g. an orthodox rabbi caught taking pictures of girls in the bathroom; some Buddhist priest having a virtual harem at his command; Roy Moore; Catholic priests and altar boys.)
I love "Flight Plan" & "Panic Room". I agree that the sexual harassment, etc. just needs to stop. Also, that probably will require meetings of accused with accuser & a mediator to have the offenders see the problem from the victims standpoint. It's probably going to take a long time to correct. Too many areas of our country objectify women & too many men, dads, brothers, etc. are still learning to do that.
Reconciliation happens when the perpetrator recognizes that their actions harmed another person, is sincerely sorry, and the victim accepts their awareness
If we had to have a fuckin celebrity president so badly, why couldn't it have been someone with a head on their shoulders and some class like her. What a lovely person!
If all women carried smartphones, they could record at least the audio of sexual assaults. A perp may explain away one such tape but not dozens of them. Perhaps the phone could also record touchings.
Next Step, Crime Watch just published a segment that speaks to counteracting "rape culture" with young school aged women starting awareness/ education group called "Safe BAE". Those efforts to counteract victim shaming do not need to be allotted to only those of a certain generation or gender, but any education that helps social norms to shift where people are more aware of how trauma creates a ripple affect of damage & therefore are more likely to uphold Human Rights. Properly enforced laws to protect victims & hold criminals accountable for compromising a person's basic Human Rights could stand to be more consistent & not based on the corruption of people paying their way out of social responsibility. Thereby a person who is aware of the strict consequences is more likely to be deterred from committing a crime of sexual assault. I would love to be part of a discussion group, as I've worked with hundreds of women in a therapeutic setting & understand how deeply rooted this problem is.
i thought the same thing. we need to see the whole picture. dissect it on both sides. many of the perpetrators were taught this despicable behaviour by the society that fostered it, just like apartheid. there are victims on both sides. don't get me wrong, though, there are men (and no doubt women, too), who are just slaves to their desires because they're just plain selfish and demented. like foster says, it's a complex situation. love her, by the way. one of the all time GREATEST, in more ways than one! a multi-dimensional, inspiring human being.
Wow this just confirms when you DONT f*ck with, botch up or inject etc..ur face w/ sh*t you could still look *naturally fantastic! She's 55 and easily could pass for 40-45 and actually looks younger, more classy and grounded than at least 50% of the under 40/35 plastic sh*t infesting Hollywood! lol. She's actually brilliant yet doesn't at all flaunt it. Nothing pretentious or arrogant like the Julia Roberts etc etc.. in the industry.
I think we need to create a way/tool to empower girls and women (and all others too) to be able to speak out about sexual abuse without fear of retribution that's accessible to all.
The only thing I disagree with is that I don't think life should be about work or Nobel prizes. I've found that the academic part of the world and work is mostly silly social nonsense. Rarely is there actual intelligence in the workplace. The more people talk the more time seems to be wasted in the workplace. That and really important issues like climate change are ignored. I find society is becoming really shallow in recent years. It's all vacations, families, and communities wasting through over consumption and polluting the environment. It's unsustainable. I feel like a different path needs to be taken than the one that has been presented in the last 5 to 10 years.
The problem can not be fixed or solved when harassers and predators just disappear and hide away from public once they are accused of these horrible behaviors. They should introspect their own minds and behaviors, come out apologize, take responsibilities, educate other men to respect women as human beings, to change men's behaviors. Women are told from very young about tons of things they shouldn't do to invite troubles from men, now it's men's turn. It's never late to learn how to behave decently and not being dicks, grow the fuck up!
Green Olive I love your general use of "men". As if we all somehow have anything to do with sick fucks like weinstean. Weinstein and these other guys do not represent "men". Men dont need to be taught not to rape or sexually assault people. We already know this. These guys like weisntein already know what they are doing is wrong and they really dont care.
Green Olive The problem is, a good portion of these men don't give a fuck, or they would have done it already. The fact that they're all like "oh whoops you caught me actually I agree that I did something wrong now I'm gonna go soul searching"...how is anyone supposed to believe that's genuine? If they were really genuine, they would have outed themselves years ago. It's like EA pulling lootboxes from Battlefront 2, and apologizing for what they did. Except they're not really apologizing for what they did, they're just apologizing for being caught. This is why half the "apologies" that these men have made seem so...shallow and basic. Because they don't care. They just don't like the bad PR and they want the media to get off their backs. They don't actually believe anything they're saying, which is necessary for them to actually change as people. I don't know if it's even possible to get men like Weinstein to actually look into their actions, learn from them, and make up for what they did by stopping other men from doing the same. Because while it's never too late to learn how to properly respect women, they don't want to learn. They don't care. They'll need to be dealt with some other way, like being in prison. Where they should probably be. For men who actually care and want to make up for it in some way, then yes, what you said needs to happen. But good luck convincing every man guilty of this to do that. Because many of the perpetrators are power hungry and don't care what they do as long as it helps them stay in power. If sexually harassing women helps these men maintain power, or even just makes them feel powerful, then they'll do it. That's why so many of the harassers are already married; sex is not their goal. They just want to intimidate. And there are going to be more men where that came from. This includes cat callers, coworkers, and that one custodian worker that technically ranks below you but is making you uncomfortable anyway. It's the feeling of power they want, and fuck the people they're hurting in the process. Men who can't be reformed because they care about power more than people need to be kicked from power and forbidden from regaining that power. For that is the only language they know. I really REALLY hope that men who care make up the majority of the population of men, because otherwise, this is going to be painful. (Disclaimer: Not all men are shitty. I never said this, so you would think that this is clear. But if the tone got lost in the text, then there you go. Also I'm a man too so why would I shit on myself?)
"me too" probably partially exists because of comments like these where your only comment is that she still looks attractive. Maybe compliment her work next time, it would be more refreshing to read. :)
Why is netflix releasing the plots of ALL the episodes? Part of my enjoyment of the first one was undoubtedly stumbling upon the show and going in blind. I'm pretty sure I didn't even know it was an anthology until the second episode.
Wish Jodie foster could play clarice starling once again in another Thomas Harris based novel with also an aged Hannibal lector movie that she would direct
And the douchebags show up, no matter what. That's a takeaway. Sexual harassment may stop one day, but douchebags are forever. Or is that a kind of oximoron? If douchebags persist, will harassment ever go away? Hmm.
Does this movement involve women that sexually harrass men in the work place?? I say this because multiple women did me when I was a young man in many different ways, with also shaming my virginity to introducing me to pornography, etc etc. You young men need to be aware of the older women that you work for as well will hit on you constantly, make lewd comments. This need to be made more aware.
Jodie Foster has aged very gracefully, she still looks great and she's very intelligent! What a wonderful woman.
She's only 55. That's hardly old anymore.
Most people who attend Yale have some degree of intelligence.
Perhaps there's a limited supply of classiness pooled between all former child actors. Sadly for them, it looks like Jodie Foster got it all.
she definitely has good genetics... I was going to say she hasnt aged at all!
Her and Holly Hunter.
She is THE true definition of "grace" and "poise"
A TRUE American icon. 👍
"I'm not good at sound bites. I'm someone who talks for a really long time."
I can relate.
Yay! Jodie Foster! Hey what a nice surprise Colbert. This lady has been, still is, one of my absolute favorite actors from back when I first started watching movies, in other words, from when I was quite young indeed. Somehow I managed to go through most of my life thinking she was English..
She seems so solid, so real, and is so refreshingly non-mainstream / authentically her unique self. :)
I agree with you camelshit. I agree..
Good for Jodie Foster, for acknowledging the complexity of the problem.
Still so vital, vivacious and incisive. I love to listen to this woman's voice
I'm surprised Foster doesn't bring up "The Accused" - a far scarier movie than "Silence of the Lambs" - and a movie that should have kick-started the Me Too movement in 1988, nearly thirty years now.
True, I can't believe they didn't had a 30th reunion for the film
Little Kiwi I agree! Such a horrific story... She was brilliant.
@@adamcarroll1975 A well deserved Oscar. Such a versatile actress.
The Accused is great, but SOTL' s range of issues combined with a cannibal serial killer is beyond scary
True
I could listen to her speak and speak for hours, as she said she is prone to do. She's such a smart, classy woman. And SO humble about her intelligence and her gifts. She's so right about needing a next step for the women's movement. Always admired her.
We do need a "what next?" because accusing people to the media or to the public is no replacement for pressing charges.
For me, she forever will be the brilliant and adventurous astrophysicist scientist from 'Contact'
saultube44 Agreed! One of my all-time favorite films!
Loved that one. It's still impressive to my mind, to this day.
For me a sci-fi masterpiece, 1 of my favorites :)
Of course you’re right Jodie! What a beautiful combination: intelligence and compassion.
She's stunning and brilliant. I'm so jealous of her close friends.
The next step should be concrete repercussions for the abusers. Like, actual jail time. Not just a civil settlement and a 10 year absence from the spotlight before 'making a comeback'. They will continue to do it until it is no longer tolerated. We have to make the consequences intolerable for them.
Jail/Prison is not really any good for rehab, in current USA penal system which is mostly crap: confinement and forced labor for shit salary, they become resentful and better criminals, Jail/Prison are the University for criminals. This are sexual behavior problems so they should have a forced, confinement in a rehab center, depending what sexual problem they have, addiction, etc, depending on the diagnostics so they can be analyzed and treated until they're fit to be free in Society, then a reconciliation might be the next step
These women arent filing any charges they are only seeking attention and settlement deals. Thats how you know this entire thing is b.s
MRostendway bitch please . I’ve been sexually harassed by men and women my entire life and I’m a dude. I know how women feel in that regard. But, until I hear about a lot of men coming forth about being sexually harassed you’re not going to hear my stories,
This shit is like our systemic racism. Oh yeah, I’m also a nigga. A very good looking, smart one too. Women love and white mean hate it.
meanwhile, keep speaking up.
saultube44 public shaming might work better.
Genius IQ. Acting prodigy. Movie veteran. Great actress and director, is Jodie foster.
This is one of the most genuine, true and useful responses to the issue. It is refreshing to hear someone with her kind of fame acknowledge that we don't need more soundbites, but rather real discussion about what our society is learning from this, has yet to learn, practical application of what we now know and so on. Finally, someone, and a woman working in entertainment too, has said what should be obvious: as great as it is to hear from the side of "victims", it's not a constructive conversation until there's a dialogue amongst all people, including those whose actions and attitudes are being prosecuted and challenged. If we compartmentalize people into just victims and perpetrators, we ignore that this is an issue that involves all people. We all have a role to play and behind our roles we are all people. The most change and most good will occur when this is addressed as an aspect of life that everyone participates in one way or another and therefore everyone should contribute to the dialogue and recognise they are part of the potential cultural shift.
Well said, NM
unfortunately the comments section here shows that nothing has changed. no-one is listening to what she is saying.
Well she wasn't going to go into it there when she's just trying to promote her show lol. And it becomes public because these people should be punished and outed for the rapists and harassers that they are. They can't be loved and seen as morally just when they are doing terrible things in the shadows. Of course women don't want the attention, of course it's traumatic and humiliating. So imagine how brave it must be to risk it all to come forth and tell the truth .
A 50 year career reduced to one movie 'Silence of the Lambs'? I recently found and watched 'Nell' and she is incredible. I feel like Stephen may well have missed an opportunity to mention 'The Accused', another movie for which she won an Oscar. Ms Foster plays a young woman who is gang raped in bar while the other patrons watch and cheer. Jodie Foster is just a joy, a well rounded, intelligent and articulate fellow human with incredible talents and yet still so humble and relatable. Thank you Stephen for this interview.
not at all, I remember her for The Accused, Taxi Driver, Panic room, Contact
She s made a number of good movies...I think Colbert was nervous....star struck!
I fell in love with her in Contact. Still am. Sigh...
Obviously she has many great films and even more quantity of great performances but every legendary thespian has one film or performance that literally is embedded in people's psyche like Raging Bull for Robert DeNiro, Hud for Paul Newman, Sophie's Choice for Meryl Streep similarly The Silence of the Lambs for Jodie Foster
Her co star in the Accused Kelly McGillis was raped in real life and stated Foster who was playing a rape victim was cold, aloof and disinterested in getting perspective of an actual victim.
Jodie Foster is such a talented and charming person. Hope she makes 100 more movies. I loved her thoughts on the next step.
I like her so much! Great person and she speak perfectly french without accent!
U mean with accent
What a classy lady, I thoroughly enjoyed her interview. She seems like a very nice and genuine person. And she has aged well, naturally aging gracefully 🤘
One of the best clips from the show - very articulate conversation. I wish that more television could be this way.
love watching an intelligent woman speak...
*+BC VC*
I like watching and hearing intelligent men speak. Now I've got to find some.
I love lamp
What are you saying you hate less intelligent people? What gives you the right to label them???!!
*implodes*
I loved how calm everything was in this interview😊
She just makes so much sense, makes it seem possible! I appreciate very deeply that Foster is able to articulate what needs to be said as she does.
Peace
Such a graceful and articulate interview!
Simply love her. So much talent it's nearly sickening (!) plus that whole humility, fab personality, keen mind, and beautiful woman thing : >
Jody Foster is on our team! Thank you for your sensibilities!!
I think the next step is coming. It is men taking responsibility and admitting their wrong doing. Spurlock outing himself is the first example of that. Whether it is self preservation or not doesn't matter much to me, just acceptance of misconduct. Then we need a way for these people to achieve forgiveness. There has to be a route out otherwise denial will persist and eventually this movement will stagnate. I'm not saying all should be forgiven. The likes of Wienstein and Moore have accusation that deserve serious jail time. But the likes of Franken, who are accused of less serious crimes should have a path out (though Franken himself shouldn't be supported as he refuses to even take responsibility for the photo).
Cameron Daly Franken says he didnt do anything, Why should.he take responsibility for something he says he didnt do?
Also what about responsibilities for women. Like if you dont want to sleep eith your boss for a promotion or a big movie role.. Just say no. Dont accept and then claim rape years later when you already cashed in.
Because he did do it; there's a photograph. She was asleep and he touched her breasts. Now, the kissing thing seems rather over blown to me and I agree for a lot of these cases there is a dearth of evidence. I personally think Franken was stupid to step down and should have let the ethics commit do its job. I also think there has been a huge change in the support these women receive, many aren't seeking criminal charges because the incidents are so old that the have reached limitation. Many are anonymous and thus are unable to gain from their claims, so I'm actually more inclined to believe the anonymous than the ones suing.
As other have said, to believe it is all lies is as blind as believing it is all true. I do agree that a huge problem in the current situation is a lack of evidence. Franken's groping is not one of those cases but for Hoffman I've not seen any credible evidence (although he has admitted some wrong doing (making inappropriate jokes and from the sounds of it being somewhat sexist) whilst simultaneously denying that it was wrong in the classic "I'm sorry you got your feelings hurt"). There are cases of false accusation and it is even possible that some of this is a coordinated effort. That is unlikely in Wienstein case as the accusations are coming from prominent actresses who may only damage their careers, but for political figures it certainly could be an effective means of removing opponents. Note that in my original comments about Moore I said the accusations deserve jail time which they do but I should add only if they can be proven. And to answer your comments on libel lower down in this thread I will have to agree with you, libel cases are difficult even when you know the accuser but I was merely pointing out such laws exist, I never commented on their effectiveness.
There are clearly problems with both sides of our current debate but I think that is just more reason to move to the next steps so we can have a more nuanced discussion.
Lastly, I'd like to thank you for not attacking me personally and bringing up legitimate issues. These are the discussions we need to be having.
Ok, where in the photo did you see him touching her?? I saw his hands hovering over her breasts, not on them. Plus, she was wearing an armored vest. And just because her eyes were closed does not mean she was sleeping. They were part of a comedy troupe at that time and they were comedians joking with one another. They joked all the time with each other. You can't be in on it the whole time and then 30 years later claim assault! He never had intent to harm or intent to over power her and force himself on her. The "forced kiss" was a part of the rehearsing for their skit. He did apologize for the photo (aka taking responsibility proving your claim to be false), after it came out decades later, and she accepted that. That should have been the end of the story. But no, it went public and the public became sjw's and made him resign - which is complete and utter bull shit.
The fact that this happened (not really being any form of sexual harassment) and him losing his job is infuriating because we have men that had full intent behind their CRIMES, and they are still working, still denying (ie drumpf and Moore).
It's unfortunate that this has become a political situation in that fact that when it's a democrat being accused, the republicons are all over them to resign. And guess what, they do! When it's a republican accused, all the republicons don't believe it, think the accusers are lying, say things like "well, I don't think it matters because we just need him in office over a democrat", and the accused just denies until the cows come home. Complete and utter hypocrisy and disgrace!
Jeff S THANK YOU. That picture literally shows you him NOT touching the women yet they still forced the guy out.
This movement is starting to become very toxic. This idea of throwing due process out the window is very dangerous.
Cameron Daly I think we can agree that the next step should be to have nore respect for due process.
Unfortunately i think a backlash will be next if people arent careful and make this a witch hunt.
Jodie foster is the antidote against everything one hates about Hollywood
She’s a very dignified human.
She’s always been there for the ART.
Foster has been lucky, because she started out as a child actress with no guarantee of protection by being part of a famous family, yet she perfectly transitioned from child acting to adult acting with no major scandals or problems (apart from John Hinckly Jr). Ironically, Drew Barrymore had that protection, yet her parents made her drug problems worse (I think they did).
Thank you, that interview was a treat.
4:40 she's great haha
If you look up the word 'Class' or 'Charm' or 'Articulate" or Intelligence' in Webster's you will see an image of Jody. Wow!. We so need more of her and less tweeting twits. Thank you.
Teach your children respect for each other
Andrea Carrizal that's not a solution if you don't have good parents
I love her laugh!
That's the longest interview I've seen her do in years! Her French is perfect, without an accent. Blessings and luck Jodie Foster.
Seems like another lifetime ago it's been so long - but the first movie I recall seeing her in way back in the day was The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane in 1976. I probably saw her in Tom Sawyer prior - but don't recall the association of her in it. She's been omni-present it seems ever since. We're the same age so we literally grew up through the exact same eras. She's made so many wonderful movies over the years - my favorite being Contact (based on the Carl Sagan novel). She's always had a good head on her shoulders - intelligent, witty...well-spoken. Always a breath of fresh air whenever I've seen her in an interview.
This isn’t a moment, it’s an awakening!!!! ❤️
I admire her so much
"Well, it's creepy."
It's terrifying. An _implant_ with which I can be located at _any_ time? _Hell no!_ That is downright _dystopian!_
contact
i think inequality has 3 primary levels that naturally go in order from most topical to the most deeply rooted 1. legislation 2. economic/enforcement of legislation 3. cultural. Inequality can be approached out of this natural order but I think the problem with making progress in cultural inequality when legislative or economic inequality is still in place is that it leaves any cultural progress vulnerable to be reverted. So I think the enforcement and severity of rape sentences should be a focus. With something like a 10% trial rate of rape cases and a 3% conviction rate, the enforcement of sexual assault laws is really pathetic for law enforcement and with a conventional 2-3 year sentencing on that 3% of convicted rape cases, the laws against rape aren't even taking the crime that seriously when you consider growing marijuana can have a 15 year minimum sentencing. Rape and sexual assault is worse than marijuana, regardless of your political or personal views on marijuana.
^ THIS !
Lets talk about COMPLEXITY.. judging people in the media and getting our values from celebrities and hollywood is a DANGEROUS TREND.
People unironically commenting on Jodie's looks in a video where she is discussing the objectification of women.
I appreciate that Jodie Foster believes that there should be a dialogue between the men and women involved in these sort of things, and for them to have a chance to better themselves, rather than, as Stephen put it “just disappear”.
1:47.....BLACKS can vote ? 'Blacks'? ....Interview wasn't the same from that point on.
I always remember her as the feisty kid in Bad News Bears (1976). Who knew she would become such an accomplished and admired actress (that's the word we used in the 1900s)? Great to see Jodie Foster on the show.
Well, not quite. Jodie Foster was originally cast as Amanda Whurlitzer, the 11-year-old daughter of one of Buttermaker’s old girlfriends who becomes the Bears’ best pitcher. But she had to drop out to be in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Kristy McNichol was then almost cast, but the producers eventually changed their minds and went with Tatum O’Neal. Another actress who auditioned for the part was Sarah Jessica Parker.
Jodi Foster is on Colbert promoting her episode of Brooker's Black Mirror on Netflix. 2017 really is the bizarro timeline.
I really like her. Strong thinker with a conscience mind, kind and beautiful.
Me thinks it is time for Jodi Foster and Margret Atwood to partner on a progressive project?
Talented, articulate, intelligent and beautiful woman. Loved watching her on the show.
She is incredible 💛
Love Black Mirror!!
Always one of the most intelligent, thoughtful actors in Hollywood.
Love your Jodie Foster, you are a wonderful inspiration 💕
When I see Jodie, it's like I have a little bit of Kristen Stewart. The way they speak, they express themselves, how shy they are and even how jealous they are with their private life. Well, they have worked together and I suppose because of their similarity they are friends
I know right . They’re so similar when they talk and body gestures.
Jodie made a good point. Let the next step start. Always liked Jodie.
golden age of tv indeed
directors of TV shows are going to plug their work on talk shows
1:40 the word you're looking for is "education".
Jodie..you are my absolute favorite..i love you🌷💌
The Brave One.
Truth and reconciliation. So glad she brought that up; that idea came to me a while back as well and I have been thinking along those lines. There has to be acknowledgment and openness, and things have to move forward somehow. It's too ingrained in culture - it has to be accepted that this has happened and understood why - no more "Oh well, boys will be boys!" This was never acceptable, but burning everything down isn't really a viable option either. It's so very important to bring this to light, but it really is the first step. If there is a true move to change things for the future, I think forgiveness of the past is going to have to play a part.
She lost me at "truth and reconciliation". The analogy of South Africa's apartheid system and egregious behavior by specific men is quite a stretch. While there is a case to be made that in the past women have been treated as chattel, we have 100 years of a modern era that steadily gave women unprecedented freedom. And to suggest that there was a politically determined sexual subjugation in the way that there was a political subjugation of blacks South Africans is ludicrous. Foster is, er, fostering a lie so that a simplistic solution like roundtable discussion appears as a realistic means of change. That gives false hope, not real change.
Awareness is good. Stricter workplace rules are good. Strict enforcement of the law is good. But I fail to understand how putting all men under the interrogation lamp, as it were, does anything more than build division.
Truth and reconciliation is a concept that's been used to try to help heal societies in more than just South Africa. I don't think there's an intention to equate apartheid itself, but that doesn't mean their solution to a different problem might not shed light on a possible way to address our issues and move forward. I certainly don't think "putting all men under the interrogation lamp" should be a part of that at all.
Teaching every kid respect and responsibility regardless of gender would go a long way.
Fair enough explanation, but in order for me to reply I would need to be caught up to speed with other examples than the South African one. Rwanda? Seems to me that these truth and reconciliation councils were set up to address an egregiousness that took place in a concerted, conspiratorial, plotted, determined way. There isn't that connection among "men" other than a gender.Those who believe there is some inherent flaw in "men" would have no problem with truth and reconciliation because they believe that all men need to reconcile for their being party to this thing called "men". That's what I don't buy. But even if there is a "flaw" I don't believe having some mass meeting about it solves anything. One need only look at the Chinese Cultural Revolution for proof of that. They tried to solve the idea of being "bourgeois" through mass coercion, criticism/self-criticism meetings, and plain old humiliation. It just killed people and solved nothing.
Your last sentence is a non sequitur. But I have no problem with that idea, largely because I was brought up that way. Which is to say, that people saying that "teaching every kid respect and responsibility regardless of gender" need to understand that that isn't some brand new idea, let alone that it's a cure all. One only needs to point to men brought up under religious guidance who have ended up letting sexual urges get the better of them to understand that there is no perfect "fix" when it comes to sexual urges. (And one can point to all different religions in that regard: e.g. an orthodox rabbi caught taking pictures of girls in the bathroom; some Buddhist priest having a virtual harem at his command; Roy Moore; Catholic priests and altar boys.)
Stephen one next step would be for you to interview CK Lewis with one of his accusers.
She’s just cool.
I love Jodie❤️❤️
I love "Flight Plan" & "Panic Room". I agree that the sexual harassment, etc. just needs to stop. Also, that probably will require meetings of accused with accuser & a mediator to have the offenders see the problem from the victims standpoint. It's probably going to take a long time to correct. Too many areas of our country objectify women & too many men, dads, brothers, etc. are still learning to do that.
It was surprising to see Jodie on a talk show in a while considering who much she has retreated from the spotlight
I love her work.
She's a pleasure to listen to.
4:31 for her on the Black Mirror episode.
3:06 Me too
Reconciliation happens when the perpetrator recognizes that their actions harmed another person, is sincerely sorry, and the victim accepts their awareness
tehstormie another part of a sincere apology is to make amends as well.
Black mirror part starts at 4:34
Nico Bruin , Thank You!
she speaks so eloquently
If we had to have a fuckin celebrity president so badly, why couldn't it have been someone with a head on their shoulders and some class like her. What a lovely person!
If all women carried smartphones, they could record at least the audio of sexual assaults. A perp may explain away one such tape but not dozens of them. Perhaps the phone could also record touchings.
Next Step, Crime Watch just published a segment that speaks to counteracting "rape culture" with young school aged women starting awareness/ education group called "Safe BAE". Those efforts to counteract victim shaming do not need to be allotted to only those of a certain generation or gender, but any education that helps social norms to shift where people are more aware of how trauma creates a ripple affect of damage & therefore are more likely to uphold Human Rights. Properly enforced laws to protect victims & hold criminals accountable for compromising a person's basic Human Rights could stand to be more consistent & not based on the corruption of people paying their way out of social responsibility. Thereby a person who is aware of the strict consequences is more likely to be deterred from committing a crime of sexual assault. I would love to be part of a discussion group, as I've worked with hundreds of women in a therapeutic setting & understand how deeply rooted this problem is.
i thought the same thing. we need to see the whole picture. dissect it on both sides. many of the perpetrators were taught this despicable behaviour by the society that fostered it, just like apartheid. there are victims on both sides. don't get me wrong, though, there are men (and no doubt women, too), who are just slaves to their desires because they're just plain selfish and demented. like foster says, it's a complex situation. love her, by the way. one of the all time GREATEST, in more ways than one! a multi-dimensional, inspiring human being.
Wow this just confirms when you DONT f*ck with, botch up or inject etc..ur face w/ sh*t you could still look *naturally fantastic! She's 55 and easily could pass for 40-45 and actually looks younger, more classy and grounded than at least 50% of the under 40/35 plastic sh*t infesting Hollywood! lol. She's actually brilliant yet doesn't at all flaunt it. Nothing pretentious or arrogant like the Julia Roberts etc etc.. in the industry.
😊😊😊great actress of all time
I think we need to create a way/tool to empower girls and women (and all others too) to be able to speak out about sexual abuse without fear of retribution that's accessible to all.
The only thing I disagree with is that I don't think life should be about work or Nobel prizes. I've found that the academic part of the world and work is mostly silly social nonsense. Rarely is there actual intelligence in the workplace. The more people talk the more time seems to be wasted in the workplace. That and really important issues like climate change are ignored. I find society is becoming really shallow in recent years. It's all vacations, families, and communities wasting through over consumption and polluting the environment. It's unsustainable. I feel like a different path needs to be taken than the one that has been presented in the last 5 to 10 years.
What are we going to do?
Wonderful Actress!
The problem can not be fixed or solved when harassers and predators just disappear and hide away from public once they are accused of these horrible behaviors. They should introspect their own minds and behaviors, come out apologize, take responsibilities, educate other men to respect women as human beings, to change men's behaviors. Women are told from very young about tons of things they shouldn't do to invite troubles from men, now it's men's turn. It's never late to learn how to behave decently and not being dicks, grow the fuck up!
Green Olive I love your general use of "men". As if we all somehow have anything to do with sick fucks like weinstean.
Weinstein and these other guys do not represent "men".
Men dont need to be taught not to rape or sexually assault people. We already know this. These guys like weisntein already know what they are doing is wrong and they really dont care.
So true. Totally agree.
Green Olive The problem is, a good portion of these men don't give a fuck, or they would have done it already. The fact that they're all like "oh whoops you caught me actually I agree that I did something wrong now I'm gonna go soul searching"...how is anyone supposed to believe that's genuine? If they were really genuine, they would have outed themselves years ago.
It's like EA pulling lootboxes from Battlefront 2, and apologizing for what they did. Except they're not really apologizing for what they did, they're just apologizing for being caught.
This is why half the "apologies" that these men have made seem so...shallow and basic. Because they don't care. They just don't like the bad PR and they want the media to get off their backs. They don't actually believe anything they're saying, which is necessary for them to actually change as people.
I don't know if it's even possible to get men like Weinstein to actually look into their actions, learn from them, and make up for what they did by stopping other men from doing the same.
Because while it's never too late to learn how to properly respect women, they don't want to learn. They don't care. They'll need to be dealt with some other way, like being in prison. Where they should probably be.
For men who actually care and want to make up for it in some way, then yes, what you said needs to happen. But good luck convincing every man guilty of this to do that.
Because many of the perpetrators are power hungry and don't care what they do as long as it helps them stay in power. If sexually harassing women helps these men maintain power, or even just makes them feel powerful, then they'll do it. That's why so many of the harassers are already married; sex is not their goal. They just want to intimidate. And there are going to be more men where that came from.
This includes cat callers, coworkers, and that one custodian worker that technically ranks below you but is making you uncomfortable anyway. It's the feeling of power they want, and fuck the people they're hurting in the process.
Men who can't be reformed because they care about power more than people need to be kicked from power and forbidden from regaining that power. For that is the only language they know.
I really REALLY hope that men who care make up the majority of the population of men, because otherwise, this is going to be painful.
(Disclaimer: Not all men are shitty. I never said this, so you would think that this is clear. But if the tone got lost in the text, then there you go. Also I'm a man too so why would I shit on myself?)
"me too" probably partially exists because of comments like these where your only comment is that she still looks attractive. Maybe compliment her work next time, it would be more refreshing to read. :)
There's more to sex appeal than looks.
Why is netflix releasing the plots of ALL the episodes? Part of my enjoyment of the first one was undoubtedly stumbling upon the show and going in blind. I'm pretty sure I didn't even know it was an anthology until the second episode.
Wish Jodie foster could play clarice starling once again in another Thomas Harris based novel with also an aged Hannibal lector movie that she would direct
it's cute how everybody pretends like things are changing now.....
I think they messed up the titles of the clips
Get Mel to direct Jodie to act.
Title is accidentally switched from the previous part of the interview
Kudos to Stephen. Love jodi
She won't Jodie Foster this behaviour
Love you Jodi :)
How about somebody talk or deal with the problem of pedophiles in Hollywood
Sexual Harrassment...She will not Jodie Foster that kind of behavior....
She played a whore when she was 16?
And the douchebags show up, no matter what. That's a takeaway. Sexual harassment may stop one day, but douchebags are forever. Or is that a kind of oximoron? If douchebags persist, will harassment ever go away? Hmm.
Ok trixie mattel
Sounds like a movie in the making.
The actress from The Silence of the Lambs directing the actress from Rachel Getting Married
aishx Oh I get it I get it
rockhero2274 i dont. Please explain. Is it because of jonathan demme?
Does this movement involve women that sexually harrass men in the work place?? I say this because multiple women did me when I was a young man in many different ways, with also shaming my virginity to introducing me to pornography, etc etc. You young men need to be aware of the older women that you work for as well will hit on you constantly, make lewd comments. This need to be made more aware.
What a cool lady.