Jodie Foster in Los Angeles on Dec. 5, 2023.Photo:Stefanie Keenan/Getty
Stefanie Keenan/Getty
Jodie Fosterhas a bone to pick with Gen Z.
In a recent interview withThe Guardian, published Saturday, the two-timeAcademy Awardwinner lamented how she believes many people of that generation — a.k.a those born between the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2010s — don’t exactly have an ideal work ethic.
“They’re really annoying, especially in the workplace. They’re like, ‘Nah, I’m not feeling it today, I’m gonna come in at 10:30 a.m.,' " said Foster, 61. “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 oflimiting?' "
TheTrue Detectivestar has two Gen Z sons: Charles, 25, and Kit, 22, whom their mom toldThe Guardianare “super feminist” and “really into their female friends.”
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Jodie Foster at the 2024 Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 7, 2024.Jon Kopaloff/WireImage
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But it was a process, as when Charles was in high school, “He watched television and came to the conclusion, ‘Oh, I just need to be an a–hole. I understand! I need to be s—– to women, and act like I’m a f—er.’ "
“And I was like, ‘No! That’s not what it is to be a man! That’s what our culture has been selling you for all this time,’ " Foster said, adding with a laugh, “I was like, ‘You won’t be talking to me like that.’ "
Alongside herNyadcostarAnnette Bening, theSilence of the Lambsactress presented best motion picture, musical or comedy, toPoor Things.
Jodie Foster at the 2024 Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 7, 2024.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Last month, Foster spoke withPast LivesstarGreta LeeforInterviewmagazine. During the conversation, the director/actress, who cast Lee in her 2016 movieMoney Monster, spoke about struggling in her 50s and how she’s feeling now at 61.
“I think it’s an age thing, because I felt these huge shifts the day I turned 30 and the day I turned 60. And60 was the best shift of all, because I was struggling in my 50s,” Foster said after Lee, 40, referred to “ascribing to this idea of being a somewhat tortured artist” to her early career.
Foster, who became famous as a child star, recalled wondering whether she would “do anything meaningful again” in her 50s and described “that awkward phase where everybody who’s in their late 40s or 50s is very busy getting all plumped and shooting s— into their face.”
“I didn’t want that life,” she said, “but I also knew that I couldn’t compete with my old self. So my 50s were tough.”
source: people.com
