Veteran actor-director Jodie Foster says she has never played the roles of the girlfriend or the wife as she was not very good at essaying those characters. The 55-year-old actor says she did not want to be in the movies for the namesake and preferred working when she found a story that appealed to her.

"I was never interested in a career for a career's sake. I just wanted to tell the stories I find interesting and I wasn't very good playing the girlfriend, so, nope, I never did that. I just worked when I found something that moved me," Foster told The Guardian. She admits she has perhaps worked less than other actors, but says she would "rather be more discerning".