Jodie Foster Called Out Hollywood in 1991 for Not Being ‘Kind to Women’ Directors: I ‘Never Thought’ a Film Like ‘Barbie’ Was ‘Going to Happen’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Jodie Foster graced the cover of Time magazine in 1991 when she was 28 years old and set to direct her first feature, “Little Man Tate.” She said at the time that “this is not a business that is kind to women” who aspire to be directors, but her tune has changed 32 years later. “Sometimes I read things I said in my 20s and I’m like, really?
But that’s a pretty good one,” she recently told Time in 2023 during an interview for her role on HBO’s “True Detective: Night Country.” “When I was young, there were really no American women directors, maybe a few,” she said. “I didn’t think I was allowed to be a director.
And that’s not true anymore. I couldn’t be prouder to have watched Greta Gerwig this year with ‘Barbie.’ Not only was this wonderful director recognized, but it was because there were people behind her saying, ‘You’re not a risk.’ I never thought that was going to happen.
So there’s just a big smile on my face.” “Barbie” became the highest-grossing movie of 2023 with $1.4 billion in worldwide ticket sales.
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