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Jodie Foster Admits Why She Thinks Working With Gen Z Can Be 'Really Annoying'

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The Oscar winner enjoys mentoring young actors, but admitted to 'The Guardian' that she finds Gen Z 'Really annoying, especially in the workplace.'

Jodie Foster admitted that Generation Z actors can be "really annoying, especially in the workplace."

The 61-year-old Oscar winner started her Hollywood career as a child actor at the age of 3 and doesn't mind mentoring her younger industry peers.


"I do a lot of reaching out to young actresses," she told the Guardian in an interview, adding:

"I’m compelled. Because it was hard growing up.”

But even though she roots for their success in Hollywood, she has found that certain attitudes exhibited by Gen Z actors can be irksome.

"They’re like, ‘Nah, I’m not feeling it today, I’m gonna come in at 10:30 a.m.,'" Foster said.

The True Detective star continued:

"Or, like, in emails, I’ll tell them this is all grammatically incorrect, did you not check your spelling?"
"And they’re like, ‘Why would I do that, isn’t that kind of limiting?’”

Some social media users agreed.






Others pointed out a familiar pattern.






Earlier in the interview, Foster mentioned reaching out to non-binary actor Bella Ramsey from Max's The Last of Us to introduce Foster at the Elle magazine Women in Hollywood event.

Foster recalled how Ramsey wore the "most perfect suit, beautifully tailored, and a middle parting and no makeup," an aesthetic that wasn't acceptable for young women back when Foster's career was taking off.

When asked if she would have worn a similar outfit when she was an up-and-comer, Foster replied:

“No. Because we weren’t free. Because we didn’t have freedom."

She continued:

"And hopefully that’s what the vector of authenticity that’s happening offers–the possibility of real freedom."
"We had other things that were good. And I would say: I did the best I could for my generation."
"I was very busy understanding where I fitted in and where I wanted to be in terms of feminism."
"But my lens wasn’t wide enough. I lived in an incredibly segregated world.”

Foster's career began when she was featured in a Coppertone advertisement in 1965 when she was three.

After appearing in numerous other commercials, over 50 TV shows, and in Disney feature films, Foster's career took off playing the character of a child prostitute in the 1976 film Taxi Driver, starring Robert De Niro.

Her breakthrough as an adult actor came after attending Yale University, when she played a rape survivor in 1988's The Accused, for which she won the Academy, Golden Globe, and National Board of Review awards.

Foster also won Academy, Golden Globe, and BAFTA awards for playing FBI trainee Clarice Starling in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs.

In addition to her notable acting credits, which also include Contact, Panic Room, Elysium, and her most recent film,Nyad, Foster has directed several movies starting with her directorial debut in 1991's Little Man Tate.

She was previously married to producer Cydney Bernard, with whom she has two sons, born in 1998 and 2001.

Foster is currently married to actress and photographer Alexandra Hedison.

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