Jodie Foster has candidly spoken about her early recognition in the industry. In a recent conversation with NPR, she opened up about how an early Academy nomination saved her from "abuse" in Hollywood. She stated, "Anybody who's in the workplace has experienced misogynist microaggressions. It's just a part of being a woman, right? But what saved me from those bad experiences, those terrible experiences?" It's noteworthy that the 63-year-old acting sensation received her first Oscar nomination in 1977 for her role in Taxi Driver.
According to Jodie, women in the workplace often experience misogynist microaggressions. She revealed that she had to examine what saved her from such experiences. Foster realized that by the time she was 12, she was powerless. However, after being nominated for an Oscar, it made her a part of a different category of people who had power.
She began, "What I came to believe...is that I had a certain amount of power by the time I was, like, 12." "So by the time I had my first Oscar nomination, I was part of a different category of people that had power, and I was too dangerous to touch," she added.
Foster continued, "I could've ruined people's careers or I could've called 'Uncle,' so I wasn't on the block," after which she signed off from the chat.
In this conversation, Jodie Foster eloquently shares her experience of being a woman in Hollywood and how an early recognition in the form of an Oscar nomination transformed her status and gave her a sense of power and protection against the misogynist microaggressions that are all too common in the industry.
