Jodie Foster says turning 60 was like 'a light bulb went off in my head'

"I felt like a failure. I kept thinking I was supposed to do something meaningful and hadn't done it. I felt like I couldn't live up to my own potential - like I couldn't compete with my younger self."

"I turned 60, and it was like a light bulb went off in my head. Everything changed. I was like, 'Yeah, I don't care. I'm no longer tortured by any of this. I don't know why I seemed to care so much.'"

Jodie Foster experienced deep self-doubt during her 50s, feeling like a failure and unable to match earlier achievements or fulfill meaningful goals. She began acting as a child, gained early acclaim with Taxi Driver at 12, and won two Academy Awards before age 30 for The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs. In her 50s she expanded into directing episodes of House of Cards, Orange Is the New Black, and Black Mirror, and won a Golden Globe for The Mauritanian in 2021. On turning 60 she experienced a sudden shift toward acceptance and ease.

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